diff --git a/rocclr/runtime/device/gpu/gpuresource.cpp b/rocclr/runtime/device/gpu/gpuresource.cpp
index c24dd67ea4..84c8585ff9 100644
--- a/rocclr/runtime/device/gpu/gpuresource.cpp
+++ b/rocclr/runtime/device/gpu/gpuresource.cpp
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ Resource::create(MemoryType memType, CreateParams* params, bool heap)
         viewLevel  = imageView->level_;
         gslResource = imageView->resource_->gslResource();
         viewOwner_  = imageView->resource_;
-        if ((viewLevel != 0) || (viewOwner_->cal()->mipLevels_ > 0)) {
+        if ((viewLevel != 0) || (viewOwner_->cal()->mipLevels_ > 1)) {
             viewFlags |= CAL_RESALLOCSLICEVIEW_LEVEL;
         }
         if (viewLayer != 0) {