diff --git a/src/d3d9/d3d9_initializer.cpp b/src/d3d9/d3d9_initializer.cpp
index d3076954a..64ac34971 100644
--- a/src/d3d9/d3d9_initializer.cpp
+++ b/src/d3d9/d3d9_initializer.cpp
@@ -91,8 +91,7 @@ namespace dxvk {
       
       // While the Microsoft docs state that resource contents are
       // undefined if no initial data is provided, some applications
-      // expect a resource to be pre-cleared. We can only do that
-      // for non-compressed images, but that should be fine.
+      // expect a resource to be pre-cleared.
       VkImageSubresourceRange subresources;
       subresources.aspectMask     = formatInfo->aspectMask;
       subresources.baseMipLevel   = 0;
@@ -100,23 +99,7 @@ namespace dxvk {
       subresources.baseArrayLayer = 0;
       subresources.layerCount     = image->info().numLayers;
 
-      if (formatInfo->flags.test(DxvkFormatFlag::BlockCompressed)) {
-        m_context->clearCompressedColorImage(image, subresources);
-      } else {
-        if (subresources.aspectMask == VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_COLOR_BIT) {
-          VkClearColorValue value = { };
-
-          m_context->clearColorImage(
-            image, value, subresources);
-        } else {
-          VkClearDepthStencilValue value;
-          value.depth   = 0.0f;
-          value.stencil = 0;
-          
-          m_context->clearDepthStencilImage(
-            image, value, subresources);
-        }
-      }
+      m_context->initImage(image, subresources, VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_UNDEFINED);
     };
 
     InitImage(pTexture->GetImage());
diff --git a/src/d3d9/d3d9_swapchain.cpp b/src/d3d9/d3d9_swapchain.cpp
index 1c2c23b1e..ad413d282 100644
--- a/src/d3d9/d3d9_swapchain.cpp
+++ b/src/d3d9/d3d9_swapchain.cpp
@@ -1050,19 +1050,13 @@ namespace dxvk {
     subresources.baseArrayLayer = 0;
     subresources.layerCount     = 1;
 
-    VkClearColorValue clearColor;
-    clearColor.float32[0] = 0.0f;
-    clearColor.float32[1] = 0.0f;
-    clearColor.float32[2] = 0.0f;
-    clearColor.float32[3] = 0.0f;
-
     m_context->beginRecording(
       m_device->createCommandList());
     
     for (uint32_t i = 0; i < m_backBuffers.size(); i++) {
-      m_context->clearColorImage(
+      m_context->initImage(
         m_backBuffers[i]->GetCommonTexture()->GetImage(),
-        clearColor, subresources);
+        subresources, VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_UNDEFINED);
     }
 
     m_device->submitCommandList(