diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/asahi/agx_pipe.c b/src/gallium/drivers/asahi/agx_pipe.c
index 50fc31cf754..2143c9d139f 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/asahi/agx_pipe.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/asahi/agx_pipe.c
@@ -891,9 +891,6 @@ agx_transfer_unmap(struct pipe_context *pctx,
    struct pipe_resource *prsrc = transfer->resource;
    struct agx_resource *rsrc = (struct agx_resource *) prsrc;
 
-   if (transfer->usage & PIPE_MAP_WRITE)
-      BITSET_SET(rsrc->data_valid, transfer->level);
-
    if (trans->staging.rsrc && (transfer->usage & PIPE_MAP_WRITE)) {
          agx_blit_from_staging(pctx, trans);
          agx_flush_readers(agx_context(pctx), agx_resource(trans->staging.rsrc),
@@ -914,6 +911,12 @@ agx_transfer_unmap(struct pipe_context *pctx,
       }
    }
 
+   /* The level we wrote is now initialized. We do this at the end so
+    * blit_from_staging can avoid reloading existing contents.
+    */
+   if (transfer->usage & PIPE_MAP_WRITE)
+      BITSET_SET(rsrc->data_valid, transfer->level);
+
    /* Free the transfer */
    free(trans->map);
    pipe_resource_reference(&transfer->resource, NULL);