diff --git a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VkClearManager.cpp b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VkClearManager.cpp
index 35c97386..26b7d6b9 100644
--- a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VkClearManager.cpp
+++ b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VkClearManager.cpp
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         const std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(m_mutex);
         m_pendingClears.clear();
         m_aliveObjects.clear();
+        m_pendingCount.store(static_cast<Uint32>(m_pendingClears.size()), std::memory_order_relaxed);
     }
 
     TextureIdentity VkClearManager::MakeTextureIdentity(MG_State::GLState::ITextureObject* texture) {
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
             m_pendingClears.erase(key);
         }
         m_aliveObjects.erase(identity);
+        m_pendingCount.store(static_cast<Uint32>(m_pendingClears.size()), std::memory_order_relaxed);
     }
 
     Bool VkClearManager::LockTextureIdentityLocked(const TextureIdentity& identity,
@@ -221,6 +223,7 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         m_aliveObjects[MakeTextureIdentity(texture.get())] = texture;
         auto& pending = m_pendingClears[key];
         MergeClearPayload(pending, clearPayload);
+        m_pendingCount.store(static_cast<Uint32>(m_pendingClears.size()), std::memory_order_relaxed);
     }
 
     void VkClearManager::QueueClear(const ClearAttachmentPayload& clearPayload,
@@ -238,6 +241,7 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         m_aliveObjects[MakeTextureIdentity(texture.get())] = texture;
         auto& pending = m_pendingClears[key];
         MergeClearPayload(pending, clearPayload);
+        m_pendingCount.store(static_cast<Uint32>(m_pendingClears.size()), std::memory_order_relaxed);
     }
 
     Bool VkClearManager::HasPendingClear(MG_State::GLState::ITextureObject* texture) {
@@ -245,6 +249,10 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
             return false;
         }
 
+        if (m_pendingCount.load(std::memory_order_relaxed) == 0) {
+            return false;  // per-draw hot path: nothing pending anywhere
+        }
+
         const Uint64 lifetimeId = texture->GetLifetimeId();
         const std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(m_mutex);
         for (auto it = m_pendingClears.begin(); it != m_pendingClears.end(); ++it) {
@@ -260,6 +268,9 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         if (key.texture == nullptr) {
             return false;
         }
+        if (m_pendingCount.load(std::memory_order_relaxed) == 0) {
+            return false;  // per-draw hot path: nothing pending anywhere
+        }
 
         const std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(m_mutex);
         if (m_pendingClears.find(key) == m_pendingClears.end()) {
@@ -287,6 +298,9 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         if (key.texture == nullptr) {
             return false;
         }
+        if (m_pendingCount.load(std::memory_order_relaxed) == 0) {
+            return false;  // per-draw hot path: nothing pending anywhere
+        }
 
         const std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(m_mutex);
         if (!LockTextureLocked(key, outTexture)) {
@@ -325,6 +339,9 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
         if (texture == nullptr) {
             return false;
         }
+        if (m_pendingCount.load(std::memory_order_relaxed) == 0) {
+            return false;  // per-draw hot path: nothing pending anywhere
+        }
 
         const Uint64 lifetimeId = texture->GetLifetimeId();
         const std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(m_mutex);
@@ -345,6 +362,9 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
             return;
         }
 
+        if (m_pendingCount.load(std::memory_order_relaxed) == 0) {
+            return;  // per-draw hot path: nothing pending anywhere
+        }
         const TextureIdentity identity = MakeTextureIdentity(texture);
         MGLOG_D("%s: Pop all pending clears for texture %d", __func__, texture->GetExternalIndex());
         const std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(m_mutex);
@@ -361,6 +381,7 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
             auto it = m_pendingClears.find(key);
             if (it != m_pendingClears.end()) {
                 m_pendingClears.erase(it);
+            m_pendingCount.store(static_cast<Uint32>(m_pendingClears.size()), std::memory_order_relaxed);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VkClearManager.h b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VkClearManager.h
index 3400c214..e6739193 100644
--- a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VkClearManager.h
+++ b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VkClearManager.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "MG_Util/Math/VectorTypes.h"
 
 #include <Includes.h>
+#include <atomic>
 #include <unordered_map>
 
 namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
@@ -121,6 +122,12 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
 
         Uint8 m_gcCounter = 0;
         mutable std::mutex m_mutex;
+        // Lock-free mirror of m_pendingClears.size(), maintained under m_mutex
+        // by every mutation. The per-draw probes (HasPendingClear/GetPending*)
+        // read it before taking the lock: during draw batches the pending set
+        // is almost always empty, so this turns several locked map probes per
+        // draw into one relaxed load.
+        std::atomic<Uint32> m_pendingCount{0};
         std::unordered_map<PendingClearKey, ClearAttachmentPayload, PendingClearKeyHash> m_pendingClears;
         std::unordered_map<TextureIdentity, WeakPtr<MG_State::GLState::ITextureObject>, TextureIdentityHash> m_aliveObjects;
     };