diff --git a/.pick_status.json b/.pick_status.json
index 516ff55b434..68c3d1e1808 100644
--- a/.pick_status.json
+++ b/.pick_status.json
@@ -2380,7 +2380,7 @@
         "description": "venus: properly destroy deferred ahb image before real image creation",
         "nominated": true,
         "nomination_type": 1,
-        "resolution": 0,
+        "resolution": 1,
         "main_sha": null,
         "because_sha": "19b7b09885c5975535605465ceb58b06c0170148"
     },
diff --git a/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_image.c b/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_image.c
index 88a3c7bce77..e785138a7a1 100644
--- a/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_image.c
+++ b/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_image.c
@@ -206,7 +206,9 @@ vn_image_init_deferred(struct vn_device *dev,
                        const VkImageCreateInfo *create_info,
                        struct vn_image *img)
 {
-   return vn_image_init(dev, create_info, img);
+   VkResult result = vn_image_init(dev, create_info, img);
+   img->deferred_info->initialized = result == VK_SUCCESS;
+   return result;
 }
 
 VkResult
@@ -298,7 +300,9 @@ vn_DestroyImage(VkDevice device,
    if (img->private_memory != VK_NULL_HANDLE)
       vn_FreeMemory(device, img->private_memory, pAllocator);
 
-   vn_async_vkDestroyImage(dev->instance, device, image, NULL);
+   /* must not ask renderer to destroy uninitialized deferred image */
+   if (!img->deferred_info || img->deferred_info->initialized)
+      vn_async_vkDestroyImage(dev->instance, device, image, NULL);
 
    if (img->deferred_info)
       vk_free(alloc, img->deferred_info);
diff --git a/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_image.h b/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_image.h
index a61319912cc..4c512685ba5 100644
--- a/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_image.h
+++ b/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_image.h
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ struct vn_image_create_deferred_info {
    VkImageCreateInfo create;
    VkImageFormatListCreateInfo list;
    VkImageStencilUsageCreateInfo stencil;
+
+   /* track whether vn_image_init_deferred succeeds */
+   bool initialized;
 };
 
 struct vn_image {