diff --git a/crates/bevy_render/src/storage.rs b/crates/bevy_render/src/storage.rs
index eb9c06befef2a..eddfa555edd5a 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_render/src/storage.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_render/src/storage.rs
@@ -176,10 +176,11 @@ impl RenderAsset for GpuShaderBuffer {
             && prev.buffer_descriptor.size == actual_size
             && prev.buffer_descriptor.usage == source_asset.buffer_description.usage
             && prev.buffer_descriptor.label == source_asset.buffer_description.label
-            && source_asset
-                .buffer_description
-                .usage
-                .contains(BufferUsages::COPY_DST)
+            && (!had_data
+                || source_asset
+                    .buffer_description
+                    .usage
+                    .contains(BufferUsages::COPY_DST))
         {
             if let Some(ref data) = source_asset.data {
                 render_queue.write_buffer(&prev.buffer, 0, data);
diff --git a/crates/bevy_render/src/texture/gpu_image.rs b/crates/bevy_render/src/texture/gpu_image.rs
index 2aadd78ecd61c..73f1723efedae 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_render/src/texture/gpu_image.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_render/src/texture/gpu_image.rs
@@ -69,10 +69,11 @@ impl RenderAsset for GpuImage {
         let had_data = image.data.is_some();
         let texture = if let Some(prev) = previous_asset
             && prev.texture_descriptor == image.texture_descriptor
-            && prev
-                .texture_descriptor
-                .usage
-                .contains(TextureUsages::COPY_DST)
+            && (!had_data
+                || prev
+                    .texture_descriptor
+                    .usage
+                    .contains(TextureUsages::COPY_DST))
             && let Some(block_bytes) = image.texture_descriptor.format.block_copy_size(None)
         {
             if let Some(ref data) = image.data {