diff --git a/naga/src/back/pipeline_constants.rs b/naga/src/back/pipeline_constants.rs
index 06a91dc80f..8f71869712 100644
--- a/naga/src/back/pipeline_constants.rs
+++ b/naga/src/back/pipeline_constants.rs
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ pub fn process_overrides<'a>(
     // recompute their types and other metadata. For the time being,
     // do a full re-validation.
     let mut validator = Validator::new(ValidationFlags::all(), Capabilities::all());
-    let module_info = validator.validate(&module)?;
+    let module_info = validator.validate_resolved_overrides(&module)?;
 
     Ok((Cow::Owned(module), Cow::Owned(module_info)))
 }
diff --git a/naga/src/valid/expression.rs b/naga/src/valid/expression.rs
index 9ef3a9edfb..a723ac824b 100644
--- a/naga/src/valid/expression.rs
+++ b/naga/src/valid/expression.rs
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ impl super::Validator {
                 crate::TypeInner::Scalar { .. } => {}
                 _ => return Err(ConstExpressionError::InvalidSplatType(value)),
             },
-            _ if global_expr_kind.is_const(handle) || !self.allow_overrides => {
+            _ if global_expr_kind.is_const(handle) => {
                 return Err(ConstExpressionError::NonFullyEvaluatedConst)
             }
             // the constant evaluator will report errors about override-expressions
diff --git a/naga/src/valid/mod.rs b/naga/src/valid/mod.rs
index 63806067c2..584b24fc53 100644
--- a/naga/src/valid/mod.rs
+++ b/naga/src/valid/mod.rs
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ pub struct Validator {
     valid_expression_list: Vec<Handle<crate::Expression>>,
     valid_expression_set: HandleSet<crate::Expression>,
     override_ids: FastHashSet<u16>,
-    allow_overrides: bool,
+    overrides_resolved: bool,
 
     /// A checklist of expressions that must be visited by a specific kind of
     /// statement.
@@ -359,6 +359,12 @@ pub enum ValidationError {
         name: String,
         source: OverrideError,
     },
+    #[error("Override {handle:?} '{name}' is unresolved")]
+    UnresolvedOverride {
+        handle: Handle<crate::Override>,
+        name: String,
+        source: ConstExpressionError,
+    },
     #[error("Global variable {handle:?} '{name}' is invalid")]
     GlobalVariable {
         handle: Handle<crate::GlobalVariable>,
@@ -465,7 +471,7 @@ impl Validator {
             valid_expression_list: Vec::new(),
             valid_expression_set: HandleSet::new(),
             override_ids: FastHashSet::default(),
-            allow_overrides: true,
+            overrides_resolved: false,
             needs_visit: HandleSet::new(),
         }
     }
@@ -525,10 +531,6 @@ impl Validator {
         gctx: crate::proc::GlobalCtx,
         mod_info: &ModuleInfo,
     ) -> Result<(), OverrideError> {
-        if !self.allow_overrides {
-            return Err(OverrideError::NotAllowed);
-        }
-
         let o = &gctx.overrides[handle];
 
         if let Some(id) = o.id {
@@ -569,18 +571,18 @@ impl Validator {
         &mut self,
         module: &crate::Module,
     ) -> Result<ModuleInfo, WithSpan<ValidationError>> {
-        self.allow_overrides = true;
+        self.overrides_resolved = false;
         self.validate_impl(module)
     }
 
     /// Check the given module to be valid.
     ///
-    /// With the additional restriction that overrides are not present.
-    pub fn validate_no_overrides(
+    /// With the additional restriction that overrides are all resolved.
+    pub fn validate_resolved_overrides(
         &mut self,
         module: &crate::Module,
     ) -> Result<ModuleInfo, WithSpan<ValidationError>> {
-        self.allow_overrides = false;
+        self.overrides_resolved = true;
         self.validate_impl(module)
     }
 
@@ -623,20 +625,6 @@ impl Validator {
                     }
                     .with_span_handle(handle, &module.types)
                 })?;
-            if !self.allow_overrides {
-                if let crate::TypeInner::Array {
-                    size: crate::ArraySize::Pending(_),
-                    ..
-                } = ty.inner
-                {
-                    return Err((ValidationError::Type {
-                        handle,
-                        name: ty.name.clone().unwrap_or_default(),
-                        source: TypeError::UnresolvedOverride(handle),
-                    })
-                    .with_span_handle(handle, &module.types));
-                }
-            }
             mod_info.type_flags.push(ty_info.flags);
             self.types[handle.index()] = ty_info;
         }
@@ -691,7 +679,24 @@ impl Validator {
                             source,
                         }
                         .with_span_handle(handle, &module.overrides)
-                    })?
+                    })?;
+                if self.overrides_resolved {
+                    if let Some(expr) = r#override.init {
+                        self.validate_const_expression(
+                            expr,
+                            module.to_ctx(),
+                            &mod_info,
+                            &global_expr_kind
+                        ).map_err(|source| {
+                            ValidationError::UnresolvedOverride {
+                                handle,
+                                name: r#override.name.clone().unwrap_or_default(),
+                                source,
+                            }
+                            .with_span_handle(handle, &module.overrides)
+                        })?;
+                    }
+                }
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/naga/tests/validation.rs b/naga/tests/validation.rs
index 3ffb231e25..b2de03ed4f 100644
--- a/naga/tests/validation.rs
+++ b/naga/tests/validation.rs
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ fn main() {{
         );
         let module = naga::front::wgsl::parse_str(&source).unwrap();
         let err = valid::Validator::new(Default::default(), valid::Capabilities::all())
-            .validate_no_overrides(&module)
+            .validate(&module)
             .expect_err("module should be invalid");
         assert_eq!(err.emit_to_string(&source), expected_err);
     }
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ fn incompatible_interpolation_and_sampling_types() {
     for (invalid_source, invalid_module, interpolation, sampling, interpolate_attr) in invalid_cases
     {
         let err = valid::Validator::new(Default::default(), valid::Capabilities::all())
-            .validate_no_overrides(&invalid_module)
+            .validate(&invalid_module)
             .expect_err(&format!(
                 "module should be invalid for {interpolate_attr:?}"
             ));
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ error: Entry point main at Compute is invalid
     for (source, expected_err) in cases {
         let module = naga::front::wgsl::parse_str(source).unwrap();
         let err = valid::Validator::new(Default::default(), valid::Capabilities::all())
-            .validate_no_overrides(&module)
+            .validate(&module)
             .expect_err("module should be invalid");
         println!("{}", err.emit_to_string(source));
         assert_eq!(err.emit_to_string(source), expected_err);