diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 59a1921c5..47ac62fe0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ By @cwfitzgerald in [#5325](https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu/pull/5325).
 #### GLES
 
 - Log an error when GLES texture format heuristics fail. By @PolyMeilex in [#5266](https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu/issues/5266)
+- Cache the sample count to keep `get_texture_format_features` cheap. By @Dinnerbone in [#5346](https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu/pull/5346)
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
diff --git a/wgpu-hal/src/gles/adapter.rs b/wgpu-hal/src/gles/adapter.rs
index 306f25fb8..094780812 100644
--- a/wgpu-hal/src/gles/adapter.rs
+++ b/wgpu-hal/src/gles/adapter.rs
@@ -802,6 +802,7 @@ impl super::Adapter {
         }
 
         let downlevel_defaults = wgt::DownlevelLimits {};
+        let max_samples = unsafe { gl.get_parameter_i32(glow::MAX_SAMPLES) };
 
         // Drop the GL guard so we can move the context into AdapterShared
         // ( on Wasm the gl handle is just a ref so we tell clippy to allow
@@ -820,6 +821,7 @@ impl super::Adapter {
                     next_shader_id: Default::default(),
                     program_cache: Default::default(),
                     es: es_ver.is_some(),
+                    max_msaa_samples: max_samples,
                 }),
             },
             info: Self::make_info(vendor, renderer),
@@ -986,12 +988,7 @@ impl crate::Adapter<super::Api> for super::Adapter {
         use wgt::TextureFormat as Tf;
 
         let sample_count = {
-            let max_samples = unsafe {
-                self.shared
-                    .context
-                    .lock()
-                    .get_parameter_i32(glow::MAX_SAMPLES)
-            };
+            let max_samples = self.shared.max_msaa_samples;
             if max_samples >= 16 {
                 Tfc::MULTISAMPLE_X2
                     | Tfc::MULTISAMPLE_X4
diff --git a/wgpu-hal/src/gles/mod.rs b/wgpu-hal/src/gles/mod.rs
index 1762c09c1..6f41f7c00 100644
--- a/wgpu-hal/src/gles/mod.rs
+++ b/wgpu-hal/src/gles/mod.rs
@@ -251,6 +251,11 @@ struct AdapterShared {
     next_shader_id: AtomicU32,
     program_cache: Mutex<ProgramCache>,
     es: bool,
+
+    /// Result of `gl.get_parameter_i32(glow::MAX_SAMPLES)`.
+    /// Cached here so it doesn't need to be queried every time texture format capabilities are requested.
+    /// (this has been shown to be a significant enough overhead)
+    max_msaa_samples: i32,
 }
 
 pub struct Adapter {