diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_resource.c b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_resource.c
index d924c3c6cdd..bc1ca6be1ac 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_resource.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_resource.c
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ panfrost_should_checksum(const struct panfrost_device *dev,
 
    return pres->base.bind & PIPE_BIND_RENDER_TARGET && panfrost_is_2d(pres) &&
           bytes_per_pixel <= bytes_per_pixel_max &&
-          pres->base.last_level == 0 && !(dev->debug & PAN_DBG_NO_CRC);
+          !(dev->debug & PAN_DBG_NO_CRC);
 }
 
 static bool
diff --git a/src/panfrost/lib/pan_image.h b/src/panfrost/lib/pan_image.h
index 1f9a0db2ec1..e2a1a2a3500 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/lib/pan_image.h
+++ b/src/panfrost/lib/pan_image.h
@@ -146,7 +146,8 @@ pan_image_view_has_crc(const struct pan_image_view *iview)
    if (!p.image)
       return false;
 
-   return p.image->props.crc;
+   /* Only mip level 0 gets a CRC buffer allocated. */
+   return p.image->props.crc && iview->first_level == 0;
 }
 
 static inline struct pan_image_plane_ref
diff --git a/src/panfrost/lib/pan_layout.c b/src/panfrost/lib/pan_layout.c
index 67a47e65e06..b0114493623 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/lib/pan_layout.c
+++ b/src/panfrost/lib/pan_layout.c
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ pan_image_layout_init(
 
       layout_constraints.offset_B += slayout->size_B;
 
-      /* Add a checksum region if necessary */
-      if (props->crc) {
+      /* Add a CRC buffer at level 0 if necessary */
+      if (l == 0 && props->crc) {
          init_slice_crc_info(arch, slayout, mip_extent_px.width,
                              mip_extent_px.height, layout_constraints.offset_B);
          layout_constraints.offset_B += slayout->crc.size_B;