diff --git a/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/tonemapping/mod.rs b/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/tonemapping/mod.rs
index f4d88357db..c57d49d32b 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/tonemapping/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_core_pipeline/src/tonemapping/mod.rs
@@ -447,6 +447,7 @@ pub fn lut_placeholder() -> Image {
     let data = vec![255, 0, 255, 255];
     Image {
         data: Some(data),
+        data_order: TextureDataOrder::default(),
         texture_descriptor: TextureDescriptor {
             size: Extent3d::default(),
             format,
diff --git a/crates/bevy_image/src/image.rs b/crates/bevy_image/src/image.rs
index a5ced88ec6..b6da5c5333 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_image/src/image.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_image/src/image.rs
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use thiserror::Error;
 use wgpu_types::{
     AddressMode, CompareFunction, Extent3d, Features, FilterMode, SamplerBorderColor,
-    SamplerDescriptor, TextureDescriptor, TextureDimension, TextureFormat, TextureUsages,
-    TextureViewDescriptor,
+    SamplerDescriptor, TextureDataOrder, TextureDescriptor, TextureDimension, TextureFormat,
+    TextureUsages, TextureViewDescriptor,
 };
 
 /// Trait used to provide default values for Bevy-external types that
@@ -372,6 +372,10 @@ pub struct Image {
     /// CPU, then this should be `None`.
     /// Otherwise, it should always be `Some`.
     pub data: Option<Vec<u8>>,
+    /// For texture data with layers and mips, this field controls how wgpu interprets the buffer layout.
+    ///
+    /// Use [`TextureDataOrder::default()`] for all other cases.
+    pub data_order: TextureDataOrder,
     // TODO: this nesting makes accessing Image metadata verbose. Either flatten out descriptor or add accessors.
     pub texture_descriptor: TextureDescriptor<Option<&'static str>, &'static [TextureFormat]>,
     /// The [`ImageSampler`] to use during rendering.
@@ -764,6 +768,7 @@ impl Image {
     ) -> Self {
         Image {
             data: None,
+            data_order: TextureDataOrder::default(),
             texture_descriptor: TextureDescriptor {
                 size,
                 format,
diff --git a/crates/bevy_image/src/ktx2.rs b/crates/bevy_image/src/ktx2.rs
index c8245f3893..b4d838b4a9 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_image/src/ktx2.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_image/src/ktx2.rs
@@ -238,43 +238,12 @@ pub fn ktx2_buffer_to_image(
         )));
     }
 
-    // Reorder data from KTX2 MipXLayerYFaceZ to wgpu LayerYFaceZMipX
-    let texture_format_info = texture_format;
-    let (block_width_pixels, block_height_pixels) = (
-        texture_format_info.block_dimensions().0 as usize,
-        texture_format_info.block_dimensions().1 as usize,
-    );
-    // Texture is not a depth or stencil format, it is possible to pass `None` and unwrap
-    let block_bytes = texture_format_info.block_copy_size(None).unwrap() as usize;
-
-    let mut wgpu_data = vec![Vec::default(); (layer_count * face_count) as usize];
-    for (level, level_data) in levels.iter().enumerate() {
-        let (level_width, level_height, level_depth) = (
-            (width as usize >> level).max(1),
-            (height as usize >> level).max(1),
-            (depth as usize >> level).max(1),
-        );
-        let (num_blocks_x, num_blocks_y) = (
-            level_width.div_ceil(block_width_pixels).max(1),
-            level_height.div_ceil(block_height_pixels).max(1),
-        );
-        let level_bytes = num_blocks_x * num_blocks_y * level_depth * block_bytes;
-
-        let mut index = 0;
-        for _layer in 0..layer_count {
-            for _face in 0..face_count {
-                let offset = index * level_bytes;
-                wgpu_data[index].extend_from_slice(&level_data[offset..(offset + level_bytes)]);
-                index += 1;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     // Assign the data and fill in the rest of the metadata now the possible
     // error cases have been handled
     let mut image = Image::default();
     image.texture_descriptor.format = texture_format;
-    image.data = Some(wgpu_data.into_iter().flatten().collect::<Vec<_>>());
+    image.data = Some(levels.into_iter().flatten().collect::<Vec<_>>());
+    image.data_order = wgpu_types::TextureDataOrder::MipMajor;
     // Note: we must give wgpu the logical texture dimensions, so it can correctly compute mip sizes.
     // However this currently causes wgpu to panic if the dimensions arent a multiple of blocksize.
     // See https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu/issues/7677 for more context.
diff --git a/crates/bevy_render/src/texture/gpu_image.rs b/crates/bevy_render/src/texture/gpu_image.rs
index 1337df5e00..6fbc9dfea7 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_render/src/texture/gpu_image.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_render/src/texture/gpu_image.rs
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ impl RenderAsset for GpuImage {
             render_device.create_texture_with_data(
                 render_queue,
                 &image.texture_descriptor,
-                // TODO: Is this correct? Do we need to use `MipMajor` if it's a ktx2 file?
-                wgpu::util::TextureDataOrder::default(),
+                image.data_order,
                 data,
             )
         } else {
diff --git a/crates/bevy_sprite/src/tilemap_chunk/mod.rs b/crates/bevy_sprite/src/tilemap_chunk/mod.rs
index 1ac8568643..174816154b 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_sprite/src/tilemap_chunk/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_sprite/src/tilemap_chunk/mod.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ use bevy_math::{FloatOrd, UVec2, Vec2, Vec3};
 use bevy_platform::collections::HashMap;
 use bevy_render::{
     mesh::{Indices, Mesh, Mesh2d, PrimitiveTopology},
-    render_resource::{TextureDescriptor, TextureDimension, TextureFormat, TextureUsages},
+    render_resource::{
+        TextureDataOrder, TextureDescriptor, TextureDimension, TextureFormat, TextureUsages,
+    },
 };
 use tracing::warn;
 
@@ -198,6 +200,7 @@ fn make_chunk_image(size: &UVec2, indices: &[Option<u16>]) -> Image {
                 .flat_map(|i| u16::to_ne_bytes(i.unwrap_or(u16::MAX)))
                 .collect(),
         ),
+        data_order: TextureDataOrder::default(),
         texture_descriptor: TextureDescriptor {
             size: size.to_extents(),
             dimension: TextureDimension::D2,