diff --git a/filament/backend/src/vulkan/VulkanDriver.cpp b/filament/backend/src/vulkan/VulkanDriver.cpp
index 3d3ad700381..56c4a7a2964 100644
--- a/filament/backend/src/vulkan/VulkanDriver.cpp
+++ b/filament/backend/src/vulkan/VulkanDriver.cpp
@@ -700,6 +700,11 @@ void VulkanDriver::createFenceR(Handle<HwFence> fh, int) {
 }
 
 void VulkanDriver::createSwapChainR(Handle<HwSwapChain> sch, void* nativeWindow, uint64_t flags) {
+    // Running gc() to guard against an edge case where the old swapchains need to have been
+    // destroyed before the new swapchain can be created. Otherwise, we would fail
+    // vkCreateSwapchainKHR with VK_ERROR_NATIVE_WINDOW_IN_USE_KHR.
+    mResourceManager.gc();
+
     if ((flags & backend::SWAP_CHAIN_CONFIG_SRGB_COLORSPACE) != 0 && !isSRGBSwapChainSupported()) {
         FVK_LOGW << "sRGB swapchain requested, but Platform does not support it"
                  << utils::io::endl;
diff --git a/filament/backend/src/vulkan/VulkanTexture.cpp b/filament/backend/src/vulkan/VulkanTexture.cpp
index 2180c04fbda..2f30ee20c9a 100644
--- a/filament/backend/src/vulkan/VulkanTexture.cpp
+++ b/filament/backend/src/vulkan/VulkanTexture.cpp
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ VulkanTexture::VulkanTexture(VkDevice device, VkPhysicalDevice physicalDevice,
     imageInfo.samples = (VkSampleCountFlagBits) samples;
 
     VkResult result = vkCreateImage(mState->mDevice, &imageInfo, VKALLOC, &mState->mTextureImage);
-    if (result == VK_SUCCESS || FVK_ENABLED(FVK_DEBUG_TEXTURE)) {
+    if (result != VK_SUCCESS || FVK_ENABLED(FVK_DEBUG_TEXTURE)) {
         FVK_LOGD << "vkCreateImage: "
             << "image = " << mState->mTextureImage << ", "
             << "result = " << result << ", "