diff --git a/filters/f_hwtransfer.c b/filters/f_hwtransfer.c
index 51ffbadbb958..f75e2dab28a0 100644
--- a/filters/f_hwtransfer.c
+++ b/filters/f_hwtransfer.c
@@ -22,6 +22,25 @@ struct priv {
     struct mp_hwupload public;
 };
 
+struct ffmpeg_and_other_bugs {
+    int imgfmt;                             // hw format
+    const int *const whitelist_formats;     // if non-NULL, allow only these
+                                            // sw formats
+    bool force_same_upload_fmt;             // force upload fmt == sw fmt
+};
+
+// This garbage is so complex and buggy. Hardcoding knowledge makes it work,
+// trying to use the dynamic information returned by the API does not. So fuck
+// this shit, I'll just whitelist the cases that work, what the fuck.
+static const struct ffmpeg_and_other_bugs shitlist[] = {
+    {
+        .imgfmt = IMGFMT_VAAPI,
+        .whitelist_formats = (const int[]){IMGFMT_NV12, IMGFMT_P010, 0},
+        .force_same_upload_fmt = true,
+    },
+    {0}
+};
+
 static bool update_format_decision(struct priv *p, int input_fmt)
 {
     struct mp_hwupload *u = &p->public;
@@ -223,6 +242,14 @@ static bool probe_formats(struct mp_hwupload *u, int hw_imgfmt)
     // supported formats. This should be relatively cheap as we don't create
     // any real frames (although some backends do for probing info).
 
+    const struct ffmpeg_and_other_bugs *bugs = NULL;
+    for (int n = 0; shitlist[n].imgfmt; n++) {
+        if (shitlist[n].imgfmt == hw_imgfmt) {
+            bugs = &shitlist[n];
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
     for (int n = 0; cstr->valid_sw_formats &&
                     cstr->valid_sw_formats[n] != AV_PIX_FMT_NONE; n++)
     {
@@ -230,12 +257,28 @@ static bool probe_formats(struct mp_hwupload *u, int hw_imgfmt)
         if (!imgfmt)
             continue;
 
-        MP_VERBOSE(u->f, "looking at format %s\n", mp_imgfmt_to_name(imgfmt));
+        MP_VERBOSE(u->f, "looking at format %s/%s\n",
+                   mp_imgfmt_to_name(hw_imgfmt),
+                   mp_imgfmt_to_name(imgfmt));
+
+        if (bugs && bugs->whitelist_formats) {
+            bool found = false;
+            for (int i = 0; bugs->whitelist_formats[i]; i++) {
+                if (bugs->whitelist_formats[i] == imgfmt) {
+                    found = true;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            if (!found) {
+                MP_VERBOSE(u->f, "... skipping blacklisted format\n");
+                continue;
+            }
+        }
 
         // Creates an AVHWFramesContexts with the given parameters.
         AVBufferRef *frames = NULL;
         if (!mp_update_av_hw_frames_pool(&frames, ctx->av_device_ref,
-                                        hw_imgfmt, imgfmt, 128, 128))
+                                         hw_imgfmt, imgfmt, 128, 128))
         {
             MP_WARN(u->f, "failed to allocate pool\n");
             continue;
@@ -256,7 +299,11 @@ static bool probe_formats(struct mp_hwupload *u, int hw_imgfmt)
                 int fmt = pixfmt2imgfmt(fmts[i]);
                 if (!fmt)
                     continue;
-                MP_VERBOSE(u->f, "supports %s\n", mp_imgfmt_to_name(fmt));
+                MP_VERBOSE(u->f, "  supports %s\n", mp_imgfmt_to_name(fmt));
+                if (bugs && bugs->force_same_upload_fmt && imgfmt != fmt) {
+                    MP_VERBOSE(u->f, "  ... skipping blacklisted format\n");
+                    continue;
+                }
                 if (vo_supports(ctx, hw_imgfmt, fmt))
                     MP_TARRAY_APPEND(p, u->upload_fmts, u->num_upload_fmts, fmt);
             }