diff --git a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/material.rs b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/material.rs
index ce55b93d3e..a000b19a2c 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/material.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/material.rs
@@ -953,6 +953,7 @@ impl<M: Material> RenderAsset for PreparedMaterial<M> {
             Err(AsBindGroupError::RetryNextUpdate) => {
                 Err(PrepareAssetError::RetryNextUpdate(material))
             }
+            Err(other) => Err(PrepareAssetError::AsBindGroupError(other)),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/bevy_render/macros/src/as_bind_group.rs b/crates/bevy_render/macros/src/as_bind_group.rs
index 25887495f4..8fa69d29f1 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_render/macros/src/as_bind_group.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_render/macros/src/as_bind_group.rs
@@ -355,6 +355,20 @@ pub fn derive_as_bind_group(ast: syn::DeriveInput) -> Result<TokenStream> {
 
                     let fallback_image = get_fallback_image(&render_path, *dimension);
 
+                    let expected_samplers = match sampler_binding_type {
+                        SamplerBindingType::Filtering => {
+                            quote!( [#render_path::render_resource::TextureSampleType::Float { filterable: true }] )
+                        }
+                        SamplerBindingType::NonFiltering => quote!([
+                            #render_path::render_resource::TextureSampleType::Float { filterable: false },
+                            #render_path::render_resource::TextureSampleType::Sint,
+                            #render_path::render_resource::TextureSampleType::Uint,
+                        ]),
+                        SamplerBindingType::Comparison => {
+                            quote!( [#render_path::render_resource::TextureSampleType::Depth] )
+                        }
+                    };
+
                     // insert fallible texture-based entries at 0 so that if we fail here, we exit before allocating any buffers
                     binding_impls.insert(0, quote! {
                         (
@@ -362,7 +376,26 @@ pub fn derive_as_bind_group(ast: syn::DeriveInput) -> Result<TokenStream> {
                             #render_path::render_resource::OwnedBindingResource::Sampler({
                                 let handle: Option<&#asset_path::Handle<#render_path::texture::Image>> = (&self.#field_name).into();
                                 if let Some(handle) = handle {
-                                    images.get(handle).ok_or_else(|| #render_path::render_resource::AsBindGroupError::RetryNextUpdate)?.sampler.clone()
+                                    let image = images.get(handle).ok_or_else(|| #render_path::render_resource::AsBindGroupError::RetryNextUpdate)?;
+
+                                    let Some(sample_type) = image.texture_format.sample_type(None, None) else {
+                                        return Err(#render_path::render_resource::AsBindGroupError::InvalidSamplerType(
+                                            #binding_index,
+                                            "None".to_string(),
+                                            format!("{:?}", #expected_samplers),
+                                        ));
+                                    };
+
+                                    let valid = #expected_samplers.contains(&sample_type);
+
+                                    if !valid {
+                                        return Err(#render_path::render_resource::AsBindGroupError::InvalidSamplerType(
+                                            #binding_index,
+                                            format!("{:?}", sample_type),
+                                            format!("{:?}", #expected_samplers),
+                                        ));
+                                    }
+                                    image.sampler.clone()
                                 } else {
                                     #fallback_image.sampler.clone()
                                 }
diff --git a/crates/bevy_render/src/render_asset.rs b/crates/bevy_render/src/render_asset.rs
index 5c9be59de3..6ba181d77d 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_render/src/render_asset.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_render/src/render_asset.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-use crate::{ExtractSchedule, MainWorld, Render, RenderApp, RenderSet};
+use crate::{
+    render_resource::AsBindGroupError, ExtractSchedule, MainWorld, Render, RenderApp, RenderSet,
+};
 use bevy_app::{App, Plugin, SubApp};
 use bevy_asset::{Asset, AssetEvent, AssetId, Assets};
 use bevy_ecs::{
@@ -9,7 +11,10 @@ use bevy_ecs::{
 };
 use bevy_reflect::{Reflect, ReflectDeserialize, ReflectSerialize};
 use bevy_render_macros::ExtractResource;
-use bevy_utils::{tracing::debug, HashMap, HashSet};
+use bevy_utils::{
+    tracing::{debug, error},
+    HashMap, HashSet,
+};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
 use thiserror::Error;
@@ -18,6 +23,8 @@ use thiserror::Error;
 pub enum PrepareAssetError<E: Send + Sync + 'static> {
     #[error("Failed to prepare asset")]
     RetryNextUpdate(E),
+    #[error("Failed to build bind group: {0}")]
+    AsBindGroupError(AsBindGroupError),
 }
 
 /// Describes how an asset gets extracted and prepared for rendering.
@@ -359,6 +366,12 @@ pub fn prepare_assets<A: RenderAsset>(
             Err(PrepareAssetError::RetryNextUpdate(extracted_asset)) => {
                 prepare_next_frame.assets.push((id, extracted_asset));
             }
+            Err(PrepareAssetError::AsBindGroupError(e)) => {
+                error!(
+                    "{} Bind group construction failed: {e}",
+                    std::any::type_name::<A>()
+                );
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -391,6 +404,12 @@ pub fn prepare_assets<A: RenderAsset>(
             Err(PrepareAssetError::RetryNextUpdate(extracted_asset)) => {
                 prepare_next_frame.assets.push((id, extracted_asset));
             }
+            Err(PrepareAssetError::AsBindGroupError(e)) => {
+                error!(
+                    "{} Bind group construction failed: {e}",
+                    std::any::type_name::<A>()
+                );
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/bevy_render/src/render_resource/bind_group.rs b/crates/bevy_render/src/render_resource/bind_group.rs
index 39704525b7..6371678e48 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_render/src/render_resource/bind_group.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_render/src/render_resource/bind_group.rs
@@ -352,6 +352,8 @@ pub enum AsBindGroupError {
     /// The bind group could not be generated. Try again next frame.
     #[error("The bind group could not be generated")]
     RetryNextUpdate,
+    #[error("At binding index{0}, the provided image sampler `{1}` does not match the required sampler type(s) `{2}`.")]
+    InvalidSamplerType(u32, String, String),
 }
 
 /// A prepared bind group returned as a result of [`AsBindGroup::as_bind_group`].
diff --git a/crates/bevy_sprite/src/mesh2d/material.rs b/crates/bevy_sprite/src/mesh2d/material.rs
index 58a02ba130..849fd980fb 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_sprite/src/mesh2d/material.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_sprite/src/mesh2d/material.rs
@@ -615,6 +615,7 @@ impl<M: Material2d> RenderAsset for PreparedMaterial2d<M> {
             Err(AsBindGroupError::RetryNextUpdate) => {
                 Err(PrepareAssetError::RetryNextUpdate(material))
             }
+            Err(other) => Err(PrepareAssetError::AsBindGroupError(other)),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/bevy_ui/src/render/ui_material_pipeline.rs b/crates/bevy_ui/src/render/ui_material_pipeline.rs
index e15dc4223e..2eaa2f583b 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ui/src/render/ui_material_pipeline.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_ui/src/render/ui_material_pipeline.rs
@@ -624,6 +624,7 @@ impl<M: UiMaterial> RenderAsset for PreparedUiMaterial<M> {
             Err(AsBindGroupError::RetryNextUpdate) => {
                 Err(PrepareAssetError::RetryNextUpdate(material))
             }
+            Err(other) => Err(PrepareAssetError::AsBindGroupError(other)),
         }
     }
 }