diff --git a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VkTextureManager.cpp b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VkTextureManager.cpp
index 73814b6f..18a967e7 100644
--- a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VkTextureManager.cpp
+++ b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VkTextureManager.cpp
@@ -1246,6 +1246,20 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectVulkan {
                !it->second.storageUsageResolved;
     }
 
+    Bool VkTextureManager::NeedsMipChainGrowth(MG_State::GLState::ITextureObject& texture) const {
+        const TextureIdentity identity = MakeTextureIdentity(&texture);
+        const auto it = m_textureResources.find(identity);
+        // No image yet: the first sync sizes the chain from the levels the texture already
+        // defines, so nothing is recreated and there is nothing to order against.
+        if (it == m_textureResources.end() || it->second.image == VK_NULL_HANDLE) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        const TextureResource& resource = it->second;
+        const IntVec3 extent = {static_cast<Int>(resource.extent.width), static_cast<Int>(resource.extent.height),
+                                static_cast<Int>(resource.depth)};
+        return resource.mipLevels < ComputeFullMipLevelCount(extent);
+    }
+
     Bool VkTextureManager::NeedsStorageImagePreparation(MG_State::GLState::ITextureObject& texture) const {
         const TextureIdentity identity = MakeTextureIdentity(&texture);
         const auto it = m_textureResources.find(identity);
diff --git a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VkTextureManager.h b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VkTextureManager.h
index a3e3e1ed..50ec65fb 100644
--- a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VkTextureManager.h
+++ b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VkTextureManager.h
@@ -350,6 +350,10 @@ public:
     // will recreate it with STORAGE usage and copy the old contents forward. Callers use this to
     // submit their pending recording first, so that copy cannot read pre-flush content.
     Bool NeedsStorageUsageUpgrade(MG_State::GLState::ITextureObject& texture) const;
+    // The same ordering question for the other recreate-and-preserve trigger: true when this
+    // texture's live image carries a shorter mip chain than a full one, so defining the missing
+    // levels recreates it and copies the old contents forward.
+    Bool NeedsMipChainGrowth(MG_State::GLState::ITextureObject& texture) const;
     // Non-mutating probe for the per-draw storage-image fast path: true when preparing this
     // texture as a storage image may need work that is illegal inside a render pass (resource
     // creation, dirty-content upload, or a layout transition to GENERAL). Unknown state reports
diff --git a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VulkanRenderer.cpp b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VulkanRenderer.cpp
index f34b90f0..2a3860d7 100644
--- a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VulkanRenderer.cpp
+++ b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectVulkan/Renderer/VulkanRenderer.cpp
@@ -7793,6 +7793,20 @@ void main() {
 
         const Uint32 baseMipLevel = std::min(static_cast<Uint32>(texture->GetLevelRange().x()), currentMipLevelCount - 1);
 
+        // A texture that has only ever defined level 0 carries a single-level backing, so defining
+        // the rest of the chain below recreates the image and carries the old contents over with a
+        // copy that is submitted and waited on out of band. Anything this frame has already
+        // recorded into the old image is not submitted yet, so that copy would read pre-flush
+        // content and every generated level would descend from a stale level 0 - the same hazard
+        // the storage-usage upgrade flushes for before its own preserve-copy.
+        if (m_textureManager->NeedsMipChainGrowth(*texture) && HasPendingRecordedWork()) {
+            if (FlushPendingCommands()) {
+                // Fresh command buffer: the sampled-descriptor-set memo describes bindings that
+                // only existed in the retired one.
+                m_lastSampledSetValid = false;
+            }
+        }
+
         auto& frame = m_frameContext.GetCurrent();
         if (!frame.isCommandRecording) {
             m_frameContext.BeginCommandRecording();