diff --git a/src/core/gpu_backend.cpp b/src/core/gpu_backend.cpp
index 4e6c30707..125e7f188 100644
--- a/src/core/gpu_backend.cpp
+++ b/src/core/gpu_backend.cpp
@@ -1031,19 +1031,14 @@ bool GPUBackend::Deinterlace(u32 field)
   const u32 height = m_display_texture_view_height;
 
   const auto copy_to_field_buffer = [&](u32 buffer) {
-    if (!m_deinterlace_buffers[buffer] || m_deinterlace_buffers[buffer]->GetWidth() != width ||
-        m_deinterlace_buffers[buffer]->GetHeight() != height ||
-        m_deinterlace_buffers[buffer]->GetFormat() != src->GetFormat())
+    if (!g_gpu_device->ResizeTexture(&m_deinterlace_buffers[buffer], width, height, GPUTexture::Type::Texture,
+                                     src->GetFormat(), GPUTexture::Flags::None, false)) [[unlikely]]
     {
-      if (!g_gpu_device->ResizeTexture(&m_deinterlace_buffers[buffer], width, height, GPUTexture::Type::Texture,
-                                       src->GetFormat(), GPUTexture::Flags::None, false)) [[unlikely]]
-      {
-        return false;
-      }
-
-      GL_OBJECT_NAME_FMT(m_deinterlace_buffers[buffer], "Blend Deinterlace Buffer {}", buffer);
+      return false;
     }
 
+    GL_OBJECT_NAME_FMT(m_deinterlace_buffers[buffer], "Blend Deinterlace Buffer {}", buffer);
+
     GL_INS_FMT("Copy {}x{} from {},{} to field buffer {}", width, height, x, y, buffer);
     g_gpu_device->CopyTextureRegion(m_deinterlace_buffers[buffer].get(), 0, 0, 0, 0, m_display_texture, x, y, 0, 0,
                                     width, height);
@@ -1158,18 +1153,13 @@ bool GPUBackend::Deinterlace(u32 field)
 
 bool GPUBackend::DeinterlaceSetTargetSize(u32 width, u32 height, bool preserve)
 {
-  if (!m_deinterlace_texture || m_deinterlace_texture->GetWidth() != width ||
-      m_deinterlace_texture->GetHeight() != height)
+  if (!g_gpu_device->ResizeTexture(&m_deinterlace_texture, width, height, GPUTexture::Type::RenderTarget,
+                                   GPUTexture::Format::RGBA8, GPUTexture::Flags::None, preserve)) [[unlikely]]
   {
-    if (!g_gpu_device->ResizeTexture(&m_deinterlace_texture, width, height, GPUTexture::Type::RenderTarget,
-                                     GPUTexture::Format::RGBA8, GPUTexture::Flags::None, preserve)) [[unlikely]]
-    {
-      return false;
-    }
-
-    GL_OBJECT_NAME(m_deinterlace_texture, "Deinterlace target texture");
+    return false;
   }
 
+  GL_OBJECT_NAME(m_deinterlace_texture, "Deinterlace target texture");
   return true;
 }
 
@@ -1179,19 +1169,15 @@ bool GPUBackend::ApplyChromaSmoothing()
   const u32 y = m_display_texture_view_y;
   const u32 width = m_display_texture_view_width;
   const u32 height = m_display_texture_view_height;
-  if (!m_chroma_smoothing_texture || m_chroma_smoothing_texture->GetWidth() != width ||
-      m_chroma_smoothing_texture->GetHeight() != height)
+  if (!g_gpu_device->ResizeTexture(&m_chroma_smoothing_texture, width, height, GPUTexture::Type::RenderTarget,
+                                   GPUTexture::Format::RGBA8, GPUTexture::Flags::None, false))
   {
-    if (!g_gpu_device->ResizeTexture(&m_chroma_smoothing_texture, width, height, GPUTexture::Type::RenderTarget,
-                                     GPUTexture::Format::RGBA8, GPUTexture::Flags::None, false))
-    {
-      ClearDisplayTexture();
-      return false;
-    }
-
-    GL_OBJECT_NAME(m_chroma_smoothing_texture, "Chroma smoothing texture");
+    ClearDisplayTexture();
+    return false;
   }
 
+  GL_OBJECT_NAME(m_chroma_smoothing_texture, "Chroma smoothing texture");
+
   GL_SCOPE_FMT("ApplyChromaSmoothing({{{},{}}}, {}x{})", x, y, width, height);
 
   m_display_texture->MakeReadyForSampling();
diff --git a/src/core/gpu_hw.cpp b/src/core/gpu_hw.cpp
index 4f60c7f3b..c9176eee1 100644
--- a/src/core/gpu_hw.cpp
+++ b/src/core/gpu_hw.cpp
@@ -3896,26 +3896,20 @@ void GPU_HW::UpdateDisplay(const GPUBackendUpdateDisplayCommand* cmd)
   }
   else
   {
-    if (!m_vram_extract_texture || m_vram_extract_texture->GetWidth() != scaled_display_width ||
-        m_vram_extract_texture->GetHeight() != scaled_display_height)
+    if (!g_gpu_device->ResizeTexture(&m_vram_extract_texture, scaled_display_width, scaled_display_height,
+                                     GPUTexture::Type::RenderTarget, GPUTexture::Format::RGBA8,
+                                     GPUTexture::Flags::None)) [[unlikely]]
     {
-      if (!g_gpu_device->ResizeTexture(&m_vram_extract_texture, scaled_display_width, scaled_display_height,
-                                       GPUTexture::Type::RenderTarget, GPUTexture::Format::RGBA8,
-                                       GPUTexture::Flags::None)) [[unlikely]]
-      {
-        ClearDisplayTexture();
-        return;
-      }
+      ClearDisplayTexture();
+      return;
     }
 
     m_vram_texture->MakeReadyForSampling();
     g_gpu_device->InvalidateRenderTarget(m_vram_extract_texture.get());
 
     if (depth_source &&
-        ((m_vram_extract_depth_texture && m_vram_extract_depth_texture->GetWidth() == scaled_display_width &&
-          m_vram_extract_depth_texture->GetHeight() == scaled_display_height) ||
-         !g_gpu_device->ResizeTexture(&m_vram_extract_depth_texture, scaled_display_width, scaled_display_height,
-                                      GPUTexture::Type::RenderTarget, VRAM_DS_COLOR_FORMAT, GPUTexture::Flags::None)))
+        g_gpu_device->ResizeTexture(&m_vram_extract_depth_texture, scaled_display_width, scaled_display_height,
+                                    GPUTexture::Type::RenderTarget, VRAM_DS_COLOR_FORMAT, GPUTexture::Flags::None))
     {
       depth_source->MakeReadyForSampling();
       g_gpu_device->InvalidateRenderTarget(m_vram_extract_depth_texture.get());
@@ -4166,14 +4160,8 @@ void GPU_HW::DownsampleFramebufferBoxFilter(GPUTexture* source, u32 left, u32 to
   const u32 ds_width = width / m_downsample_scale_or_levels;
   const u32 ds_height = height / m_downsample_scale_or_levels;
 
-  if (!m_downsample_texture || m_downsample_texture->GetWidth() != ds_width ||
-      m_downsample_texture->GetHeight() != ds_height)
-  {
-    g_gpu_device->RecycleTexture(std::move(m_downsample_texture));
-    m_downsample_texture = g_gpu_device->FetchTexture(ds_width, ds_height, 1, 1, 1, GPUTexture::Type::RenderTarget,
-                                                      VRAM_RT_FORMAT, GPUTexture::Flags::None);
-  }
-  if (!m_downsample_texture)
+  if (!g_gpu_device->ResizeTexture(&m_downsample_texture, ds_width, ds_height, GPUTexture::Type::RenderTarget,
+                                   VRAM_RT_FORMAT, GPUTexture::Flags::None, false))
   {
     ERROR_LOG("Failed to create {}x{} RT for box downsampling", width, height);
     return;
diff --git a/src/util/gpu_device.cpp b/src/util/gpu_device.cpp
index a18fe0571..a70576f97 100644
--- a/src/util/gpu_device.cpp
+++ b/src/util/gpu_device.cpp
@@ -1222,6 +1222,12 @@ bool GPUDevice::ResizeTexture(std::unique_ptr<GPUTexture>* tex, u32 new_width, u
                               GPUTexture::Format format, GPUTexture::Flags flags, bool preserve /* = true */)
 {
   GPUTexture* old_tex = tex->get();
+  if (old_tex && old_tex->GetWidth() == new_width && old_tex->GetHeight() == new_height && old_tex->GetType() == type &&
+      old_tex->GetFormat() == format && old_tex->GetFlags() == flags)
+  {
+    return true;
+  }
+
   DebugAssert(!old_tex || (old_tex->GetLayers() == 1 && old_tex->GetLevels() == 1 && old_tex->GetSamples() == 1));
   std::unique_ptr<GPUTexture> new_tex = FetchTexture(new_width, new_height, 1, 1, 1, type, format, flags);
   if (!new_tex) [[unlikely]]