diff --git a/renderdoc/driver/gl/gl_debug.cpp b/renderdoc/driver/gl/gl_debug.cpp
index 4914cec8b..53a5b9856 100644
--- a/renderdoc/driver/gl/gl_debug.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/driver/gl/gl_debug.cpp
@@ -1627,20 +1627,54 @@ void GLReplay::PickPixel(ResourceId texture, uint32_t x, uint32_t y, uint32_t sl
   }
 }
 
-void GLReplay::CopyTex2DMSToArray(GLuint destArray, GLuint srcMS, GLint width, GLint height,
+void GLReplay::CopyTex2DMSToArray(GLuint &destArray, GLuint srcMS, GLint width, GLint height,
                                   GLint arraySize, GLint samples, GLenum intFormat)
 {
   WrappedOpenGL &gl = *m_pDriver;
 
-  if(!HasExt[ARB_compute_shader])
-    return;
+  // create temporary texture array, which we'll initialise to be the width/height in same format,
+  // with the same number of array slices as multi samples.
+  gl.glGenTextures(1, &destArray);
+  gl.glBindTexture(eGL_TEXTURE_2D_ARRAY, destArray);
 
-  if(!HasExt[ARB_texture_view])
+  bool failed = false;
+
+  if(!failed && !HasExt[ARB_compute_shader])
+  {
+    RDCWARN(
+        "Can't copy multisampled texture to array for serialisation without ARB_compute_shader.");
+    failed = true;
+  }
+
+  if(!failed && !HasExt[ARB_texture_view])
   {
     RDCWARN("Can't copy multisampled texture to array for serialisation without ARB_texture_view.");
+    failed = true;
+  }
+
+  if(!failed && !HasExt[ARB_texture_storage])
+  {
+    RDCWARN(
+        "Can't copy multisampled texture to array for serialisation without ARB_texture_view, and "
+        "ARB_texture_view requires ARB_texture_storage.");
+    failed = true;
+  }
+
+  if(failed)
+  {
+    // create using the non-storage API which is always available, so the texture is at least valid
+    // (but with undefined/empty contents).
+    gl.glTextureImage3DEXT(destArray, eGL_TEXTURE_2D_ARRAY, 0, intFormat, width, height,
+                           arraySize * samples, 0, GetBaseFormat(intFormat), GetDataType(intFormat),
+                           NULL);
+    gl.glTexParameteri(eGL_TEXTURE_2D_ARRAY, eGL_TEXTURE_MAX_LEVEL, 0);
     return;
   }
 
+  // initialise the texture using texture storage, as required for texture views.
+  gl.glTextureStorage3DEXT(destArray, eGL_TEXTURE_2D_ARRAY, 1, intFormat, width, height,
+                           arraySize * samples);
+
   GLRenderState rs(&gl.GetHookset(), NULL, READING);
   rs.FetchState(m_pDriver->GetCtx(), m_pDriver);
 
diff --git a/renderdoc/driver/gl/gl_replay.cpp b/renderdoc/driver/gl/gl_replay.cpp
index d07f25796..b3cf4cf23 100644
--- a/renderdoc/driver/gl/gl_replay.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/driver/gl/gl_replay.cpp
@@ -2485,16 +2485,8 @@ byte *GLReplay::GetTextureData(ResourceId tex, uint32_t arrayIdx, uint32_t mip,
   {
     MakeCurrentReplayContext(m_DebugCtx);
 
-    // create temporary texture array of width/height in same format to render to,
-    // with the same number of array slices as multi samples.
-    gl.glGenTextures(1, &tempTex);
-    gl.glBindTexture(eGL_TEXTURE_2D_ARRAY, tempTex);
-    gl.glTextureImage3DEXT(tempTex, eGL_TEXTURE_2D_ARRAY, 0, intFormat, width, height,
-                           arraysize * samples, 0, GetBaseFormat(intFormat), GetDataType(intFormat),
-                           NULL);
-    gl.glTexParameteri(eGL_TEXTURE_2D_ARRAY, eGL_TEXTURE_MAX_LEVEL, 0);
-
-    // copy multisampled texture to an array
+    // copy multisampled texture to an array. This creates tempTex and returns it in that variable,
+    // for us to own
     CopyTex2DMSToArray(tempTex, texname, width, height, arraysize, samples, intFormat);
 
     // rewrite the variables to temporary texture
diff --git a/renderdoc/driver/gl/gl_replay.h b/renderdoc/driver/gl/gl_replay.h
index 70eebbc95..b055e7144 100644
--- a/renderdoc/driver/gl/gl_replay.h
+++ b/renderdoc/driver/gl/gl_replay.h
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ private:
 
   void CopyArrayToTex2DMS(GLuint destMS, GLuint srcArray, GLint width, GLint height,
                           GLint arraySize, GLint samples, GLenum intFormat);
-  void CopyTex2DMSToArray(GLuint destArray, GLuint srcMS, GLint width, GLint height,
+  void CopyTex2DMSToArray(GLuint &destArray, GLuint srcMS, GLint width, GLint height,
                           GLint arraySize, GLint samples, GLenum intFormat);
 
   struct OutputWindow : public GLWindowingData