diff --git a/src/libANGLE/renderer/vulkan/vk_helpers.cpp b/src/libANGLE/renderer/vulkan/vk_helpers.cpp
index 672ca4d92a..a0bf3fc0fd 100644
--- a/src/libANGLE/renderer/vulkan/vk_helpers.cpp
+++ b/src/libANGLE/renderer/vulkan/vk_helpers.cpp
@@ -8305,6 +8305,12 @@ void ImageHelper::removeStagedUpdates(ErrorContext *context,
                                       gl::LevelIndex levelGLStart,
                                       gl::LevelIndex levelGLEnd)
 {
+    // The cached "last full-level clear" must be invalidated when staged updates for any level
+    // are removed.  Callers may release and re-allocate the underlying VkImage immediately after
+    // this call (e.g. TextureVk::redefineLevel for array textures); a stale cache would cause
+    // flushStagedUpdates() to drop the robust-resource-init clear on the freshly-allocated image.
+    mCurrentSingleClearValue.reset();
+
     assertSubresourceUpdateRefCountsConsistent();
 
     // Remove all updates to levels [start, end].