1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/render-test/render-test-main.cpp b/tools/render-test/render-test-main.cpp
index 805f08d10..d3c284132 100644
--- a/tools/render-test/render-test-main.cpp
+++ b/tools/render-test/render-test-main.cpp
@@ -510,7 +510,16 @@ SlangResult RenderTestApp::initialize(
     //
     ComPtr<ISlangBlob> outDiagnostics;
     auto result = device->createProgram(m_compilationOutput.output.desc, m_shaderProgram.writeRef(), outDiagnostics.writeRef());
-    SLANG_RETURN_ON_FAIL(result);
+
+    // If there was a failure creating a program, we can't continue
+    // Special case SLANG_E_NOT_AVAILABLE error code to make it a failure,
+    // as it is also used to indicate an attempt setup something failed gracefully (because it couldn't be supported)
+    // but that's not this.
+    if (SLANG_FAILED(result))
+    {
+        result = (result == SLANG_E_NOT_AVAILABLE) ? SLANG_FAIL : result;
+        return result;
+    }
 
 	m_device = device;