diff --git a/src/webgpu/shader/execution/expression/call/builtin/quadBroadcast.spec.ts b/src/webgpu/shader/execution/expression/call/builtin/quadBroadcast.spec.ts
index 4d556618f624..8556a3d3ec42 100644
--- a/src/webgpu/shader/execution/expression/call/builtin/quadBroadcast.spec.ts
+++ b/src/webgpu/shader/execution/expression/call/builtin/quadBroadcast.spec.ts
@@ -326,6 +326,13 @@ predication filters are skipped.
     const wgThreads = t.params.wgSize[0] * t.params.wgSize[1] * t.params.wgSize[2];
     const testcase = kPredicateCases[t.params.predicate];
 
+    // Quad operations require a fully active quad. If the implementation
+    // selects a subgroup size < 8 for this workgroup, the split predicate
+    // (`id < subgroupSize / 2`) bisects the only quad, leaving no fully
+    // active quad (undefined behavior). The shader reads subgroupSize and
+    // skips the quad call when it would be unsafe; the checker observes
+    // the actual selected size in metadata and skips the test entirely so
+    // it doesn't get flagged as a regression.
     const wgsl = `
 enable subgroups;
 
@@ -363,9 +370,13 @@ fn main(
   metadata.id[lid] = id;
   metadata.subgroup_size[lid] = subgroupSize;
 
-  if ${testcase.cond} {
-    let b = quadBroadcast(lid, ${t.params.id});
-    output.results[lid] = b;
+  // Only run the quad op when a (subgroupSize / 2) split predicate is
+  // guaranteed to keep every quad fully active. See checker for skip.
+  if subgroupSize >= 8u {
+    if ${testcase.cond} {
+      let b = quadBroadcast(lid, ${t.params.id});
+      output.results[lid] = b;
+    }
   }
 }`;
 
@@ -377,6 +388,15 @@ fn main(
       uintsPerOutput,
       new Uint32Array([0]), // unused
       (metadata: Uint32Array, output: Uint32Array) => {
+        const bound = Math.floor(output.length / 2);
+        // metadata layout: [id, ..., subgroup_size, ...]. The first entry
+        // of the second half is the subgroupSize of invocation 0.
+        if (metadata[bound] < 8) {
+          t.skip(
+            `Implementation selected subgroup size ${metadata[bound]}; a split ` +
+              `predicate would leave no fully active quad (undefined behavior).`
+          );
+        }
         return checkBroadcastCompute(metadata, output, t.params.id, testcase.filter);
       }
     );
diff --git a/src/webgpu/shader/execution/expression/call/builtin/quadSwap.spec.ts b/src/webgpu/shader/execution/expression/call/builtin/quadSwap.spec.ts
index 08f1b75cfb84..93983d196270 100644
--- a/src/webgpu/shader/execution/expression/call/builtin/quadSwap.spec.ts
+++ b/src/webgpu/shader/execution/expression/call/builtin/quadSwap.spec.ts
@@ -345,6 +345,13 @@ predication filters are skipped.
     const wgThreads = t.params.wgSize[0] * t.params.wgSize[1] * t.params.wgSize[2];
     const testcase = kPredicateCases[t.params.predicate];
 
+    // Quad operations require a fully active quad. If the implementation
+    // selects a subgroup size < 8 for this workgroup, the split predicate
+    // (`id < subgroupSize / 2`) bisects the only quad, leaving no fully
+    // active quad (undefined behavior). The shader reads subgroupSize and
+    // skips the quad call when it would be unsafe; the checker observes
+    // the actual selected size in metadata and skips the test entirely so
+    // it doesn't get flagged as a regression.
     const wgsl = `
 enable subgroups;
 
@@ -382,9 +389,13 @@ fn main(
   metadata.id[lid] = id;
   metadata.subgroup_size[lid] = subgroupSize;
 
-  if ${testcase.cond} {
-    let b = ${t.params.op}(lid);
-    output.results[lid] = b;
+  // Only run the quad op when a (subgroupSize / 2) split predicate is
+  // guaranteed to keep every quad fully active. See checker for skip.
+  if subgroupSize >= 8u {
+    if ${testcase.cond} {
+      let b = ${t.params.op}(lid);
+      output.results[lid] = b;
+    }
   }
 }`;
 
@@ -396,6 +407,15 @@ fn main(
       uintsPerOutput,
       new Uint32Array([0]), // unused
       (metadata: Uint32Array, output: Uint32Array) => {
+        const bound = Math.floor(output.length / 2);
+        // metadata layout: [id, ..., subgroup_size, ...]. The first entry
+        // of the second half is the subgroupSize of invocation 0.
+        if (metadata[bound] < 8) {
+          t.skip(
+            `Implementation selected subgroup size ${metadata[bound]}; a split ` +
+              `predicate would leave no fully active quad (undefined behavior).`
+          );
+        }
         return checkSwapCompute(metadata, output, t.params.op, testcase.filter);
       }
     );