diff --git a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectGLES/DirectGLES.cpp b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectGLES/DirectGLES.cpp
index 614a87fe..071a27d0 100644
--- a/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectGLES/DirectGLES.cpp
+++ b/MobileGL/MG_Backend/DirectGLES/DirectGLES.cpp
@@ -1613,6 +1613,20 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_Backend::DirectGLES {
                     }
                     const GLenum targetGL = TextureImpl::ConvertTextureTargetToBackendGLEnum(target);
 
+                    // A texture whose mip chain does not satisfy the filter's completeness
+                    // rules samples as (0, 0, 0, 1). The ES driver cannot work that out for
+                    // itself here: the backend texture is immutable storage, so a level the
+                    // application redefined at the wrong size never reached it. Leaving the
+                    // native target unbound produces exactly the incomplete-texture result.
+                    const auto& effectiveSampler = textureUnit.GetSamplerObject()
+                        ? textureUnit.GetSamplerObject()
+                        : textureObject->GetSamplerObject();
+                    const Bool mipmappedFilter =
+                        effectiveSampler && effectiveSampler->GetMipmapMode() != SamplerMipmapMode::None;
+                    if (!MG_State::GLState::IsMipmapCompleteForFilter(textureObject.get(), mipmappedFilter)) {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
                     // Bind texture object
                     const auto& backendTextureIt = TextureImpl::g_backendTextureObjects.find(textureObject.get());
                     if (backendTextureIt == TextureImpl::g_backendTextureObjects.end()) continue;
diff --git a/MobileGL/MG_State/GLState/TextureState/TextureObject.cpp b/MobileGL/MG_State/GLState/TextureState/TextureObject.cpp
index 6eee7f76..1f0566cf 100644
--- a/MobileGL/MG_State/GLState/TextureState/TextureObject.cpp
+++ b/MobileGL/MG_State/GLState/TextureState/TextureObject.cpp
@@ -348,6 +348,58 @@ namespace MobileGL {
 
             // TODO: add other texture types as needed
 
+        Bool IsMipmapCompleteForFilter(const ITextureObject* texture, Bool mipmapped) {
+            if (texture == nullptr) return true;
+            if (!texture->IsComplete()) return false;
+            if (!mipmapped) return true;
+
+            const auto* mipmapTexture = AsMipmapTexture(texture);
+            if (mipmapTexture == nullptr) return true; // no mip chain to be incomplete about
+
+            const UintVec2& levelRange = texture->GetLevelRange();
+            const Uint baseLevel = levelRange.x();
+            const Uint storedLevels = mipmapTexture->GetMipmapLevelCount();
+            if (baseLevel >= storedLevels) return false;
+
+            // An array texture's layer count is not a dimension of the image: it stays put all
+            // the way down the chain (GL 4.6 core 8.14.3). GetMipmapTexelSize reports it in the
+            // slot after the image's own dimensions.
+            const TextureTarget target = texture->GetTarget();
+            Int shrinkingComponents = 3;
+            if (target == TextureTarget::Texture1DArray) {
+                shrinkingComponents = 1;
+            } else if (target == TextureTarget::Texture2DArray || target == TextureTarget::TextureCubeMapArray) {
+                shrinkingComponents = 2;
+            }
+
+            for (const auto uploadTarget : texture->GetUploadTargets()) {
+                const IntVec3 baseSize = mipmapTexture->GetMipmapTexelSize(uploadTarget, baseLevel);
+                Int largest = 0;
+                for (Int component = 0; component < shrinkingComponents; ++component) {
+                    largest = std::max(largest, baseSize[component]);
+                }
+                if (largest <= 0) return false;
+
+                // p = log2 of the largest base dimension: the last level the chain needs
+                // before every dimension has reached 1. TEXTURE_MAX_LEVEL can cut it short.
+                Uint p = 0;
+                for (Int extent = largest; extent > 1; extent >>= 1) ++p;
+                const Uint lastLevel = std::min(baseLevel + p, levelRange.y());
+
+                for (Uint level = baseLevel; level <= lastLevel; ++level) {
+                    if (level >= storedLevels) return false;
+                    const IntVec3 actual = mipmapTexture->GetMipmapTexelSize(uploadTarget, level);
+                    for (Int component = 0; component < 3; ++component) {
+                        const Int expected = component < shrinkingComponents
+                            ? std::max(1, baseSize[component] >> (level - baseLevel))
+                            : baseSize[component];
+                        if (actual[component] != expected) return false;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            return true;
+        }
+
         } // namespace GLState
     } // namespace MG_State
 } // namespace MobileGL
diff --git a/MobileGL/MG_State/GLState/TextureState/TextureObject.h b/MobileGL/MG_State/GLState/TextureState/TextureObject.h
index 652f9689..f1196ad0 100644
--- a/MobileGL/MG_State/GLState/TextureState/TextureObject.h
+++ b/MobileGL/MG_State/GLState/TextureState/TextureObject.h
@@ -156,6 +156,14 @@ namespace MobileGL::MG_State::GLState {
                    ? static_cast<TextureObjectMipmap*>(texture)
                    : nullptr;
     }
+    // Whether the texture satisfies the mipmap-completeness rules a minification filter
+    // that samples the mip chain imposes (GL 4.6 core 8.17): every level from the base to
+    // the effective max must exist at exactly half the previous one's size. `mipmapped` is
+    // the effective sampler's answer to "does this filter read more than the base level" -
+    // when it is false only base-level completeness matters, which the ordinary
+    // IsComplete() already covers. Sampling an incomplete texture returns (0, 0, 0, 1).
+    Bool IsMipmapCompleteForFilter(const ITextureObject* texture, Bool mipmapped);
+
     inline const TextureObjectMipmap* AsMipmapTexture(const ITextureObject* texture) {
         return (texture && texture->GetStorageType() == TextureStorageType::Mipmap)
                    ? static_cast<const TextureObjectMipmap*>(texture)