diff --git a/wgpu-core/src/command/compute.rs b/wgpu-core/src/command/compute.rs
index 6fd3fb16fc3..9b0026f504e 100644
--- a/wgpu-core/src/command/compute.rs
+++ b/wgpu-core/src/command/compute.rs
@@ -313,8 +313,8 @@ impl Global {
         arc_desc.timestamp_writes = if let Some(tw) = desc.timestamp_writes {
             let &PassTimestampWrites {
                 query_set,
-                beginning_of_pass_write_index: _,
-                end_of_pass_write_index: _,
+                beginning_of_pass_write_index,
+                end_of_pass_write_index,
             } = tw;
 
             match cmd_buf
@@ -335,6 +335,16 @@ impl Global {
                 Err(e) => return make_err(e.into(), arc_desc),
             }
 
+            for idx in [beginning_of_pass_write_index, end_of_pass_write_index]
+                .into_iter()
+                .flatten()
+            {
+                match query_set.validate_query(SimplifiedQueryType::Timestamp, idx, None) {
+                    Ok(()) => (),
+                    Err(e) => return make_err(e.into(), arc_desc),
+                }
+            }
+
             Some(ArcPassTimestampWrites {
                 query_set,
                 beginning_of_pass_write_index: tw.beginning_of_pass_write_index,
diff --git a/wgpu-core/src/command/mod.rs b/wgpu-core/src/command/mod.rs
index 6a06d1f83df..6c7b26b7867 100644
--- a/wgpu-core/src/command/mod.rs
+++ b/wgpu-core/src/command/mod.rs
@@ -654,6 +654,8 @@ pub enum CommandEncoderError {
     InvalidResource(#[from] InvalidResourceError),
     #[error(transparent)]
     MissingFeatures(#[from] MissingFeatures),
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    TimestampWritesInvalid(#[from] QueryUseError),
 }
 
 impl Global {
diff --git a/wgpu-core/src/command/query.rs b/wgpu-core/src/command/query.rs
index 0ffa85d52ee..ed02536ec1d 100644
--- a/wgpu-core/src/command/query.rs
+++ b/wgpu-core/src/command/query.rs
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ pub enum ResolveError {
 }
 
 impl QuerySet {
-    fn validate_query(
+    pub(crate) fn validate_query(
         self: &Arc<Self>,
         query_type: SimplifiedQueryType,
         query_index: u32,
diff --git a/wgpu-core/src/command/render.rs b/wgpu-core/src/command/render.rs
index 49318ecc97e..f06249fc789 100644
--- a/wgpu-core/src/command/render.rs
+++ b/wgpu-core/src/command/render.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use crate::binding_model::BindGroup;
 use crate::command::{
     validate_and_begin_occlusion_query, validate_and_begin_pipeline_statistics_query,
+    SimplifiedQueryType,
 };
 use crate::init_tracker::BufferInitTrackerAction;
 use crate::pipeline::RenderPipeline;
@@ -1394,8 +1395,8 @@ impl Global {
             arc_desc.timestamp_writes = if let Some(tw) = desc.timestamp_writes {
                 let &PassTimestampWrites {
                     query_set,
-                    beginning_of_pass_write_index: _,
-                    end_of_pass_write_index: _,
+                    beginning_of_pass_write_index,
+                    end_of_pass_write_index,
                 } = tw;
 
                 let query_set = query_sets.get(query_set).get()?;
@@ -1404,6 +1405,13 @@ impl Global {
 
                 query_set.same_device(device)?;
 
+                for idx in [beginning_of_pass_write_index, end_of_pass_write_index]
+                    .into_iter()
+                    .flatten()
+                {
+                    query_set.validate_query(SimplifiedQueryType::Timestamp, idx, None)?;
+                }
+
                 Some(ArcPassTimestampWrites {
                     query_set,
                     beginning_of_pass_write_index: tw.beginning_of_pass_write_index,