diff --git a/src/core/layout/qgslayoutexporter.cpp b/src/core/layout/qgslayoutexporter.cpp
index f364465510ac..c157289042b8 100644
--- a/src/core/layout/qgslayoutexporter.cpp
+++ b/src/core/layout/qgslayoutexporter.cpp
@@ -1727,6 +1727,10 @@ bool QgsLayoutExporter::georeferenceOutputPrivate( const QString &file, QgsLayou
   if ( !mLayout )
     return false;
 
+  const char *const apszAllowedDrivers[] = { "GTiff", "PDF", nullptr };
+  if ( !GDALIdentifyDriverEx( file.toUtf8().constData(), GDAL_OF_RASTER, apszAllowedDrivers, nullptr ) )
+    return false;
+
   if ( !map && includeGeoreference )
     map = mLayout->referenceMap();