diff --git a/source/blender/gpu/vulkan/vk_descriptor_set.cc b/source/blender/gpu/vulkan/vk_descriptor_set.cc
index cceef036260..5b6c400bb5f 100644
--- a/source/blender/gpu/vulkan/vk_descriptor_set.cc
+++ b/source/blender/gpu/vulkan/vk_descriptor_set.cc
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ void VKDescriptorSetTracker::update(VKContext &context)
     }
     /* TODO: Based on the actual usage we should use
      * VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_SHADER_READ_ONLY_OPTIMAL/VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_GENERAL. */
+    binding.texture->ensure_allocated();
     binding.texture->layout_ensure(context, VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_GENERAL);
     VkDescriptorImageInfo image_info = {};
     image_info.sampler = binding.vk_sampler;
diff --git a/source/blender/gpu/vulkan/vk_framebuffer.cc b/source/blender/gpu/vulkan/vk_framebuffer.cc
index cc9a7312b29..159d033c658 100644
--- a/source/blender/gpu/vulkan/vk_framebuffer.cc
+++ b/source/blender/gpu/vulkan/vk_framebuffer.cc
@@ -493,6 +493,7 @@ void VKFrameBuffer::color_attachment_layout_ensure(VKContext &context,
     return;
   }
 
+  color_texture->ensure_allocated();
   color_texture->layout_ensure(context, requested_layout);
   dirty_attachments_ = true;
 }
diff --git a/source/blender/gpu/vulkan/vk_texture.cc b/source/blender/gpu/vulkan/vk_texture.cc
index 35e924af5b3..7291758e7f3 100644
--- a/source/blender/gpu/vulkan/vk_texture.cc
+++ b/source/blender/gpu/vulkan/vk_texture.cc
@@ -61,6 +61,19 @@ void VKTexture::generate_mipmap()
     mip_size_get(src_mipmap, src_size);
     mip_size_get(dst_mipmap, dst_size);
 
+    /* GPU Texture stores the array length in the first unused dimension size.
+     * Vulkan uses layers and the array length should be removed from the dimensions. */
+    if (ELEM(this->type_get(), GPU_TEXTURE_1D_ARRAY)) {
+      src_size.y = 1;
+      src_size.z = 1;
+      dst_size.y = 1;
+      dst_size.z = 1;
+    }
+    if (ELEM(this->type_get(), GPU_TEXTURE_2D_ARRAY)) {
+      src_size.z = 1;
+      dst_size.z = 1;
+    }
+
     layout_ensure(context,
                   IndexRange(src_mipmap, 1),
                   VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_TRANSFER_DST_OPTIMAL,
@@ -362,6 +375,7 @@ bool VKTexture::init_internal(GPUTexture *src, int mip_offset, int layer_offset,
   VKTexture *texture = unwrap(unwrap(src));
   source_texture_ = texture;
   mip_min_ = mip_offset;
+  mip_max_ = mip_offset;
   layer_offset_ = layer_offset;
   use_stencil_ = use_stencil;
   flags_ |= IMAGE_VIEW_DIRTY;
@@ -376,7 +390,11 @@ bool VKTexture::is_texture_view() const
 
 void VKTexture::ensure_allocated()
 {
-  BLI_assert(!is_texture_view());
+  if (is_texture_view()) {
+    source_texture_->ensure_allocated();
+    return;
+  }
+
   if (!is_allocated()) {
     allocate();
   }
@@ -563,6 +581,7 @@ void VKTexture::layout_ensure(VKContext &context,
                               const VkImageLayout current_layout,
                               const VkImageLayout requested_layout)
 {
+  BLI_assert(vk_image_ != VK_NULL_HANDLE);
   VkImageMemoryBarrier barrier{};
   barrier.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_IMAGE_MEMORY_BARRIER;
   barrier.oldLayout = current_layout;