diff --git a/src/dawn/native/vulkan/TextureVk.cpp b/src/dawn/native/vulkan/TextureVk.cpp
index a2ae53cc41..09d8ac12e5 100644
--- a/src/dawn/native/vulkan/TextureVk.cpp
+++ b/src/dawn/native/vulkan/TextureVk.cpp
@@ -1848,6 +1848,10 @@ MaybeError ImportedTextureBase::OnAfterSubmit() {
     // The submit succeeded, we can replace the previous external semaphore with the pending one.
     if (mExternalSemaphoreHandle != kNullExternalSemaphoreHandle) {
         device->GetExternalSemaphoreService()->CloseHandle(mExternalSemaphoreHandle);
+        // Reset BEFORE the DAWN_TRY_ASSIGN below: if ExportSemaphore() fails the macro
+        // returns without writing the LHS, and ~ImportedTextureBase() would otherwise
+        // close() the stale FD value a second time.
+        mExternalSemaphoreHandle = kNullExternalSemaphoreHandle;
     }
 
     DAWN_TRY_ASSIGN(mExternalSemaphoreHandle,