diff --git a/level_zero/core/source/device/device_imp.cpp b/level_zero/core/source/device/device_imp.cpp
index 9b608e2082..4b0f45337d 100644
--- a/level_zero/core/source/device/device_imp.cpp
+++ b/level_zero/core/source/device/device_imp.cpp
@@ -171,6 +171,10 @@ ze_result_t DeviceImp::createImage(const ze_image_desc_t *desc, ze_image_handle_
     auto productFamily = neoDevice->getHardwareInfo().platform.eProductFamily;
     *phImage = Image::create(productFamily, this, desc);
 
+    if (!*phImage) {
+        return ZE_RESULT_ERROR_UNSUPPORTED_IMAGE_FORMAT;
+    }
+
     return ZE_RESULT_SUCCESS;
 }
 
diff --git a/level_zero/core/test/unit_tests/sources/image/test_image.cpp b/level_zero/core/test/unit_tests/sources/image/test_image.cpp
index 1a77f0805d..266dfa268e 100644
--- a/level_zero/core/test/unit_tests/sources/image/test_image.cpp
+++ b/level_zero/core/test/unit_tests/sources/image/test_image.cpp
@@ -112,6 +112,23 @@ HWTEST2_F(ImageCreate, givenValidImageDescriptionWhenImageCreateThenImageIsCreat
     EXPECT_EQ(imageInfo.useLocalMemory, false);
 }
 
+HWTEST2_F(ImageCreate, givenValidImageDescriptionWhenImageCreateWithUnsupportedImageThenNullPtrImageIsReturned, ImageSupport) {
+    ze_image_desc_t zeDesc = {};
+    zeDesc.arraylevels = 1u;
+    zeDesc.depth = 1u;
+    zeDesc.height = 1u;
+    zeDesc.width = 1u;
+    zeDesc.miplevels = 1u;
+    zeDesc.type = ZE_IMAGE_TYPE_2DARRAY;
+    zeDesc.flags = ZE_IMAGE_FLAG_BIAS_UNCACHED;
+
+    zeDesc.format = {ZE_IMAGE_FORMAT_LAYOUT_Y216};
+
+    std::unique_ptr<L0::Image> image(Image::create(productFamily, device, &zeDesc));
+
+    ASSERT_EQ(image, nullptr);
+}
+
 class TestImageFormats : public DeviceFixture, public testing::TestWithParam<std::pair<ze_image_format_layout_t, ze_image_format_type_t>> {
   public:
     void SetUp() override {