diff --git a/src/video_core/texture_cache/texture_cache.h b/src/video_core/texture_cache/texture_cache.h
index 7a8f78cde1..b80af2b480 100644
--- a/src/video_core/texture_cache/texture_cache.h
+++ b/src/video_core/texture_cache/texture_cache.h
@@ -113,6 +113,54 @@ TextureCache<P>::TextureCache(Runtime& runtime_, Tegra::MaxwellDeviceMemoryManag
     }
 }
 
+template <class P>
+void TextureCache<P>::RunAllocationGarbageCollector(size_t requested_bytes) {
+    if (requested_bytes == 0) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (allocation_gc_frame != frame_tick) {
+        allocation_gc_frame = frame_tick;
+        allocation_gc_passes = 0;
+    }
+    if (allocation_gc_passes >= MAX_ALLOCATION_GC_PASSES_PER_FRAME) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (runtime.CanReportMemoryUsage()) {
+        total_used_memory = runtime.GetDeviceMemoryUsage();
+    }
+
+    const u64 request = static_cast<u64>(requested_bytes);
+    const u64 max_u64 = (std::numeric_limits<u64>::max)();
+    const u64 projected_usage = request > (max_u64 - total_used_memory)
+                                    ? max_u64
+                                    : total_used_memory + request;
+    if (projected_usage < expected_memory) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    RunGarbageCollector();
+    ++allocation_gc_passes;
+
+    if (runtime.CanReportMemoryUsage()) {
+        total_used_memory = runtime.GetDeviceMemoryUsage();
+    }
+
+    const u64 projected_after_gc = request > (max_u64 - total_used_memory)
+                                       ? max_u64
+                                       : total_used_memory + request;
+    if (projected_after_gc >= critical_memory &&
+        allocation_gc_passes < MAX_ALLOCATION_GC_PASSES_PER_FRAME) {
+        RunGarbageCollector();
+        ++allocation_gc_passes;
+
+        if (runtime.CanReportMemoryUsage()) {
+            total_used_memory = runtime.GetDeviceMemoryUsage();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 template <class P>
 void TextureCache<P>::RunGarbageCollector() {
     bool high_priority_mode = total_used_memory >= expected_memory;
@@ -1606,18 +1654,20 @@ bool TextureCache<P>::ScaleDown(Image& image) {
 template <class P>
 ImageId TextureCache<P>::InsertImage(const ImageInfo& info, GPUVAddr gpu_addr,
                                      RelaxedOptions options) {
+    const size_t requested_size = CalculateGuestSizeInBytes(info);
     std::optional<DAddr> cpu_addr = gpu_memory->GpuToCpuAddress(gpu_addr);
     if (!cpu_addr) {
-        const auto size = CalculateGuestSizeInBytes(info);
-        cpu_addr = gpu_memory->GpuToCpuAddress(gpu_addr, size);
+        cpu_addr = gpu_memory->GpuToCpuAddress(gpu_addr, requested_size);
         if (!cpu_addr) {
             const DAddr fake_addr = ~(1ULL << 40ULL) + virtual_invalid_space;
-            virtual_invalid_space += Common::AlignUp(size, 32);
+            virtual_invalid_space += Common::AlignUp(requested_size, 32);
             cpu_addr = std::optional<DAddr>(fake_addr);
         }
     }
     ASSERT_MSG(cpu_addr, "Tried to insert an image to an invalid gpu_addr=0x{:x}", gpu_addr);
 
+    RunAllocationGarbageCollector(requested_size);
+
     const ImageId image_id = JoinImages(info, gpu_addr, *cpu_addr);
     const Image& image = slot_images[image_id];
     // Using "image.gpu_addr" instead of "gpu_addr" is important because it might be different
@@ -1634,6 +1684,8 @@ ImageId TextureCache<P>::JoinImages(const ImageInfo& info, GPUVAddr gpu_addr, DA
     ImageInfo new_info = info;
     const size_t size_bytes = CalculateGuestSizeInBytes(new_info);
 
+    RunAllocationGarbageCollector(size_bytes);
+
     const bool broken_views = runtime.HasBrokenTextureViewFormats();
     const bool native_bgr = runtime.HasNativeBgr();
     join_overlap_ids.clear();
diff --git a/src/video_core/texture_cache/texture_cache_base.h b/src/video_core/texture_cache/texture_cache_base.h
index 0cdeb9fdc5..e2c2c5d7d9 100644
--- a/src/video_core/texture_cache/texture_cache_base.h
+++ b/src/video_core/texture_cache/texture_cache_base.h
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class TextureCache : public VideoCommon::ChannelSetupCaches<TextureCacheChannelI
 
     static constexpr s64 DEFAULT_EXPECTED_MEMORY = 1_GiB + 125_MiB;
     static constexpr s64 DEFAULT_CRITICAL_MEMORY = 1_GiB + 625_MiB;
-    static constexpr size_t GC_EMERGENCY_COUNTS = 2;
+    static constexpr u32 MAX_ALLOCATION_GC_PASSES_PER_FRAME = 2;
 
     using Runtime = typename P::Runtime;
     using Image = typename P::Image;
@@ -310,6 +310,8 @@ private:
     /// Runs the Garbage Collector.
     void RunGarbageCollector();
 
+    void RunAllocationGarbageCollector(size_t requested_bytes);
+
     /// Fills image_view_ids in the image views in indices
     template <bool has_blacklists>
     void FillImageViews(DescriptorTable<TICEntry>& table,
@@ -527,6 +529,8 @@ private:
 
     u64 modification_tick = 0;
     u64 frame_tick = 0;
+    u64 allocation_gc_frame = (std::numeric_limits<u64>::max)();
+    u32 allocation_gc_passes = 0;
     u64 last_sampler_gc_frame = (std::numeric_limits<u64>::max)();
 
     Common::ThreadWorker texture_decode_worker{1, "TextureDecoder"};