diff --git a/src/tint/reader/spirv/function.cc b/src/tint/reader/spirv/function.cc
index 0aafdf9..43247fc 100644
--- a/src/tint/reader/spirv/function.cc
+++ b/src/tint/reader/spirv/function.cc
@@ -1514,7 +1514,24 @@
 
     ParameterList ast_params;
     function_.ForEachParam([this, &ast_params](const spvtools::opt::Instruction* param) {
-        auto* type = parser_impl_.ConvertType(param->type_id());
+        const Type* type = nullptr;
+        auto* spirv_type = type_mgr_->GetType(param->type_id());
+        TINT_ASSERT(Reader, spirv_type);
+        if (spirv_type->AsImage() || spirv_type->AsSampler() ||
+            (spirv_type->AsPointer() &&
+             (static_cast<spv::StorageClass>(spirv_type->AsPointer()->storage_class()) ==
+              spv::StorageClass::UniformConstant))) {
+            // When we see image, sampler, pointer-to-image, or pointer-to-sampler, use the
+            // handle type deduced according to usage.  Handle types are automatically generated as
+            // pointer-to-handle.  Extract the handle type itself.
+            const auto* ptr_type = parser_impl_.GetTypeForHandleMemObjDecl(*param);
+            TINT_ASSERT(Reader, ptr_type);
+            // In WGSL, pass handles instead of pointers to them.
+            type = ptr_type->type;
+        } else {
+            type = parser_impl_.ConvertType(param->type_id());
+        }
+
         if (type != nullptr) {
             auto* ast_param = parser_impl_.MakeParameter(param->result_id(), type, AttributeList{});
             // Parameters are treated as const declarations.
@@ -5407,7 +5424,7 @@
 }
 
 const Texture* FunctionEmitter::GetImageType(const spvtools::opt::Instruction& image) {
-    const Pointer* ptr_type = parser_impl_.GetTypeForHandleVar(image);
+    const Pointer* ptr_type = parser_impl_.GetTypeForHandleMemObjDecl(image);
     if (!parser_impl_.success()) {
         Fail();
         return {};
@@ -5471,7 +5488,7 @@
     }
 
     // Find the texture type.
-    const Pointer* texture_ptr_type = parser_impl_.GetTypeForHandleVar(*image);
+    const Pointer* texture_ptr_type = parser_impl_.GetTypeForHandleMemObjDecl(*image);
     if (!texture_ptr_type) {
         return Fail();
     }
@@ -5736,7 +5753,8 @@
         // If necessary, convert the result to the signedness of the instruction
         // result type. Compare the SPIR-V image's sampled component type with the
         // component of the result type of the SPIR-V instruction.
-        auto* spirv_image_type = parser_impl_.GetSpirvTypeForHandleMemoryObjectDeclaration(*image);
+        auto* spirv_image_type =
+            parser_impl_.GetSpirvTypeForHandleOrHandleMemoryObjectDeclaration(*image);
         if (!spirv_image_type || (opcode(spirv_image_type) != spv::Op::OpTypeImage)) {
             return Fail() << "invalid image type for image memory object declaration "
                           << image->PrettyPrint();
diff --git a/src/tint/reader/spirv/function_decl_test.cc b/src/tint/reader/spirv/function_decl_test.cc
index 8af9da2..9413d53 100644
--- a/src/tint/reader/spirv/function_decl_test.cc
+++ b/src/tint/reader/spirv/function_decl_test.cc
@@ -52,6 +52,19 @@
   )";
 }
 
+std::string CommonHandleTypes() {
+    return CommonTypes() + R"(
+    %v2float = OpTypeVector %float 2
+    %v4float = OpTypeVector %float 4
+    %v2_0 = OpConstantNull %v2float
+    %sampler = OpTypeSampler
+    %tex2d_f32 = OpTypeImage %float 2D 0 0 0 1 Unknown
+    %sampled_image_2d_f32 = OpTypeSampledImage %tex2d_f32
+    %ptr_sampler = OpTypePointer UniformConstant %sampler
+    %ptr_tex2d_f32 = OpTypePointer UniformConstant %tex2d_f32
+  )";
+}
+
 std::string MainBody() {
     return R"(
     %100 = OpFunction %void None %voidfn
@@ -147,5 +160,70 @@
     EXPECT_THAT(got, HasSubstr(expect));
 }
 
+//     ;%s = OpVariable %ptr_sampler UniformConstant
+//     ;%t = OpVariable %ptr_tex2d_f32 UniformConstant
+
+TEST_F(SpvParserTest, Emit_FunctionDecl_ParamPtrTexture_ParamPtrSampler) {
+    auto p = parser(test::Assemble(Preamble() + CommonHandleTypes() + R"(
+
+     ; This is how Glslang generates functions that take texture and sampler arguments.
+     ; It passes them by pointer.
+     %fn_ty = OpTypeFunction %void %ptr_tex2d_f32 %ptr_sampler
+
+     %200 = OpFunction %void None %fn_ty
+     %14 = OpFunctionParameter %ptr_tex2d_f32
+     %15 = OpFunctionParameter %ptr_sampler
+     %mixed_entry = OpLabel
+     ; access the texture, to give the handles usages.
+     %im = OpLoad %tex2d_f32 %14
+     %sam = OpLoad %sampler %15
+     %imsam = OpSampledImage %sampled_image_2d_f32 %im %sam
+     %20 = OpImageSampleImplicitLod %v4float %imsam %v2_0
+     OpReturn
+     OpFunctionEnd
+  )" + MainBody()));
+    ASSERT_TRUE(p->BuildAndParseInternalModuleExceptFunctions());
+    auto fe = p->function_emitter(200);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(fe.Emit());
+
+    auto got = test::ToString(p->program());
+    std::string expect = R"(fn x_200(x_14 : texture_2d<f32>, x_15 : sampler) {
+  let x_20 : vec4<f32> = textureSample(x_14, x_15, vec2<f32>());
+  return;
+}
+)";
+    EXPECT_EQ(got, expect);
+}
+
+TEST_F(SpvParserTest, Emit_FunctionDecl_ParamTexture_ParamSampler) {
+    auto assembly = Preamble() + CommonHandleTypes() + R"(
+
+     ; It is valid in SPIR-V to pass textures and samplers by value.
+     %fn_ty = OpTypeFunction %void %tex2d_f32 %sampler
+
+     %200 = OpFunction %void None %fn_ty
+     %14 = OpFunctionParameter %tex2d_f32
+     %15 = OpFunctionParameter %sampler
+     %mixed_entry = OpLabel
+     ; access the texture, to give the handles usages.
+     %imsam = OpSampledImage %sampled_image_2d_f32 %14 %15
+     %20 = OpImageSampleImplicitLod %v4float %imsam %v2_0
+     OpReturn
+     OpFunctionEnd
+  )" + MainBody();
+    auto p = parser(test::Assemble(assembly));
+    ASSERT_TRUE(p->BuildAndParseInternalModuleExceptFunctions()) << p->error() << assembly;
+    auto fe = p->function_emitter(200);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(fe.Emit());
+
+    auto got = test::ToString(p->program());
+    std::string expect = R"(fn x_200(x_14 : texture_2d<f32>, x_15 : sampler) {
+  let x_20 : vec4<f32> = textureSample(x_14, x_15, vec2<f32>());
+  return;
+}
+)";
+    EXPECT_EQ(got, expect);
+}
+
 }  // namespace
 }  // namespace tint::reader::spirv
diff --git a/src/tint/reader/spirv/parser_impl.cc b/src/tint/reader/spirv/parser_impl.cc
index f055f4c..aa213d1 100644
--- a/src/tint/reader/spirv/parser_impl.cc
+++ b/src/tint/reader/spirv/parser_impl.cc
@@ -1538,7 +1538,7 @@
         const Type* ast_type = nullptr;
         if (spirv_storage_class == spv::StorageClass::UniformConstant) {
             // These are opaque handles: samplers or textures
-            ast_type = GetTypeForHandleVar(var);
+            ast_type = GetTypeForHandleMemObjDecl(var);
             if (!ast_type) {
                 return false;
             }
@@ -2355,8 +2355,8 @@
     }
 }
 
-const spvtools::opt::Instruction* ParserImpl::GetSpirvTypeForHandleMemoryObjectDeclaration(
-    const spvtools::opt::Instruction& var) {
+const spvtools::opt::Instruction* ParserImpl::GetSpirvTypeForHandleOrHandleMemoryObjectDeclaration(
+    const spvtools::opt::Instruction& mem_obj_decl) {
     if (!success()) {
         return nullptr;
     }
@@ -2371,14 +2371,29 @@
     // are the only SPIR-V handles supported by WGSL.
 
     // Get the SPIR-V handle type.
-    const auto* ptr_type = def_use_mgr_->GetDef(var.type_id());
-    if (!ptr_type || (opcode(ptr_type) != spv::Op::OpTypePointer)) {
-        Fail() << "Invalid type for variable or function parameter " << var.PrettyPrint();
+    const auto* type = def_use_mgr_->GetDef(mem_obj_decl.type_id());
+    if (!type) {
+        Fail() << "Invalid type for variable or function parameter " << mem_obj_decl.PrettyPrint();
         return nullptr;
     }
-    const auto* raw_handle_type = def_use_mgr_->GetDef(ptr_type->GetSingleWordInOperand(1));
+    switch (opcode(type)) {
+        case spv::Op::OpTypeSampler:
+        case spv::Op::OpTypeImage:
+            return type;
+        case spv::Op::OpTypePointer:
+            // The remaining cases.
+            break;
+        default:
+            Fail() << "Invalid type for variable or function parameter "
+                   << mem_obj_decl.PrettyPrint();
+            return nullptr;
+    }
+
+    // Look at the pointee type instead.
+    const auto* raw_handle_type = def_use_mgr_->GetDef(type->GetSingleWordInOperand(1));
     if (!raw_handle_type) {
-        Fail() << "Invalid pointer type for variable or function parameter " << var.PrettyPrint();
+        Fail() << "Invalid pointer type for variable or function parameter "
+               << mem_obj_decl.PrettyPrint();
         return nullptr;
     }
     switch (opcode(raw_handle_type)) {
@@ -2390,38 +2405,41 @@
         case spv::Op::OpTypeRuntimeArray:
             Fail() << "arrays of textures or samplers are not supported in WGSL; can't "
                       "translate variable or function parameter: "
-                   << var.PrettyPrint();
+                   << mem_obj_decl.PrettyPrint();
             return nullptr;
         case spv::Op::OpTypeSampledImage:
-            Fail() << "WGSL does not support combined image-samplers: " << var.PrettyPrint();
+            Fail() << "WGSL does not support combined image-samplers: "
+                   << mem_obj_decl.PrettyPrint();
             return nullptr;
         default:
             Fail() << "invalid type for image or sampler variable or function "
                       "parameter: "
-                   << var.PrettyPrint();
+                   << mem_obj_decl.PrettyPrint();
             return nullptr;
     }
     return raw_handle_type;
 }
 
-const Pointer* ParserImpl::GetTypeForHandleVar(const spvtools::opt::Instruction& var) {
-    auto where = handle_type_.find(&var);
+const Pointer* ParserImpl::GetTypeForHandleMemObjDecl(
+    const spvtools::opt::Instruction& mem_obj_decl) {
+    auto where = handle_type_.find(&mem_obj_decl);
     if (where != handle_type_.end()) {
         return where->second;
     }
 
     const spvtools::opt::Instruction* raw_handle_type =
-        GetSpirvTypeForHandleMemoryObjectDeclaration(var);
+        GetSpirvTypeForHandleOrHandleMemoryObjectDeclaration(mem_obj_decl);
     if (!raw_handle_type) {
         return nullptr;
     }
 
-    // The variable could be a sampler or image.
+    // The memory object declaration could be a sampler or image.
     // Where possible, determine which one it is from the usage inferred
     // for the variable.
-    Usage usage = handle_usage_[&var];
+    Usage usage = handle_usage_[&mem_obj_decl];
     if (!usage.IsValid()) {
-        Fail() << "Invalid sampler or texture usage for variable " << var.PrettyPrint() << "\n"
+        Fail() << "Invalid sampler or texture usage for variable or function parameter "
+               << mem_obj_decl.PrettyPrint() << "\n"
                << usage;
         return nullptr;
     }
@@ -2447,7 +2465,7 @@
                 // Get NonWritable and NonReadable attributes of the variable.
                 bool is_nonwritable = false;
                 bool is_nonreadable = false;
-                for (const auto& deco : GetDecorationsFor(var.result_id())) {
+                for (const auto& deco : GetDecorationsFor(mem_obj_decl.result_id())) {
                     if (deco.size() != 1) {
                         continue;
                     }
@@ -2460,11 +2478,11 @@
                 }
                 if (is_nonwritable && is_nonreadable) {
                     Fail() << "storage image variable is both NonWritable and NonReadable"
-                           << var.PrettyPrint();
+                           << mem_obj_decl.PrettyPrint();
                 }
                 if (!is_nonwritable && !is_nonreadable) {
                     Fail() << "storage image variable is neither NonWritable nor NonReadable"
-                           << var.PrettyPrint();
+                           << mem_obj_decl.PrettyPrint();
                 }
                 // Let's make it one of the storage textures.
                 if (is_nonwritable) {
@@ -2507,8 +2525,9 @@
                     break;
                 default:
                     Fail() << "WGSL arrayed textures must be 2d_array or cube_array: "
-                              "invalid multisampled texture variable "
-                           << namer_.Name(var.result_id()) << ": " << var.PrettyPrint();
+                              "invalid multisampled texture variable or function parameter "
+                           << namer_.Name(mem_obj_decl.result_id()) << ": "
+                           << mem_obj_decl.PrettyPrint();
                     return nullptr;
             }
         }
@@ -2540,8 +2559,9 @@
             } else if (image_type->is_multisampled()) {
                 if (dim != ast::TextureDimension::k2d) {
                     Fail() << "WGSL multisampled textures must be 2d and non-arrayed: "
-                              "invalid multisampled texture variable "
-                           << namer_.Name(var.result_id()) << ": " << var.PrettyPrint();
+                              "invalid multisampled texture variable or function parameter "
+                           << namer_.Name(mem_obj_decl.result_id()) << ": "
+                           << mem_obj_decl.PrettyPrint();
                 }
                 // Multisampled textures are never depth textures.
                 ast_store_type = ty_.MultisampledTexture(dim, ast_sampled_component_type);
@@ -2557,16 +2577,16 @@
             ast_store_type = ty_.StorageTexture(dim, format, access);
         }
     } else {
-        Fail() << "unsupported: UniformConstant variable is not a recognized "
-                  "sampler or texture"
-               << var.PrettyPrint();
+        Fail() << "unsupported: UniformConstant variable or function parameter is not a recognized "
+                  "sampler or texture "
+               << mem_obj_decl.PrettyPrint();
         return nullptr;
     }
 
     // Form the pointer type.
     auto* result = ty_.Pointer(ast_store_type, ast::AddressSpace::kHandle);
     // Remember it for later.
-    handle_type_[&var] = result;
+    handle_type_[&mem_obj_decl] = result;
     return result;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/tint/reader/spirv/parser_impl.h b/src/tint/reader/spirv/parser_impl.h
index 6e79ecc..389f113 100644
--- a/src/tint/reader/spirv/parser_impl.h
+++ b/src/tint/reader/spirv/parser_impl.h
@@ -642,20 +642,21 @@
 
     /// Returns the SPIR-V type for the sampler or image type for the given
     /// variable in UniformConstant address space, or function parameter pointing
-    /// into the UniformConstant address space .  Returns null and emits an
-    /// error on failure.
-    /// @param var the OpVariable instruction or OpFunctionParameter
+    /// into the UniformConstant address space, or image or sampler type.
+    /// Returns null and emits an error on failure.
+    /// @param mem_obj_decl the OpVariable instruction or OpFunctionParameter
     /// @returns the Tint AST type for the sampler or texture, or null on error
-    const spvtools::opt::Instruction* GetSpirvTypeForHandleMemoryObjectDeclaration(
-        const spvtools::opt::Instruction& var);
+    const spvtools::opt::Instruction* GetSpirvTypeForHandleOrHandleMemoryObjectDeclaration(
+        const spvtools::opt::Instruction& mem_obj_decl);
 
     /// Returns the AST type for the pointer-to-sampler or pointer-to-texture type
-    /// for the given variable in UniformConstant address space.  Returns null and
+    /// for the given variable in UniformConstant address space or function
+    /// parameter of type pointer-to-UniformConstant.  Returns null and
     /// emits an error on failure.
-    /// @param var the OpVariable instruction
+    /// @param mem_obj_decl the OpVariable instruction
     /// @returns the Tint AST type for the poiner-to-{sampler|texture} or null on
     /// error
-    const Pointer* GetTypeForHandleVar(const spvtools::opt::Instruction& var);
+    const Pointer* GetTypeForHandleMemObjDecl(const spvtools::opt::Instruction& mem_obj_decl);
 
     /// Returns the AST variable for the SPIR-V ID of a module-scope variable,
     /// or null if there isn't one.