diff --git a/wgpu-types/src/lib.rs b/wgpu-types/src/lib.rs
index b6370bbe2..74564695b 100644
--- a/wgpu-types/src/lib.rs
+++ b/wgpu-types/src/lib.rs
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ impl StencilStateDescriptor {
     pub fn is_enabled(&self) -> bool {
         (self.front != StencilStateFaceDescriptor::IGNORE
             || self.back != StencilStateFaceDescriptor::IGNORE)
-            && self.read_mask != 0
+            && (self.read_mask != 0 || self.write_mask != 0)
     }
     pub fn is_read_only(&self) -> bool {
         self.write_mask == 0