diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e812891f64c..c16b1b000d4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ noise = { version = "0.8", git = "https://github.com/Razaekel/noise-rs.git", rev
 nv-flip = "0.1"
 obj = "0.10"
 once_cell = "1.20.2"
+# Firefox has 3.4.0 vendored, so we allow that version in our dependencies
 ordered-float = ">=3,<=4.6"
 parking_lot = "0.12.1"
 pico-args = { version = "0.5.0", features = [
diff --git a/wgpu-hal/src/vulkan/device.rs b/wgpu-hal/src/vulkan/device.rs
index 017fedbabdf..1c8d36a3734 100644
--- a/wgpu-hal/src/vulkan/device.rs
+++ b/wgpu-hal/src/vulkan/device.rs
@@ -1331,7 +1331,9 @@ impl crate::Device for super::Device {
             .lock()
             .create_sampler(&self.shared.raw, create_info)?;
 
-        // TODO: Cached samplers will just continually overwrite the label
+        // Note: Cached samplers will just continually overwrite the label
+        //
+        // https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu/issues/6867
         if let Some(label) = desc.label {
             unsafe { self.shared.set_object_name(raw, label) };
         }
diff --git a/wgpu-hal/src/vulkan/sampler.rs b/wgpu-hal/src/vulkan/sampler.rs
index 9eb4630c6e0..11030226f08 100644
--- a/wgpu-hal/src/vulkan/sampler.rs
+++ b/wgpu-hal/src/vulkan/sampler.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ use std::collections::{hash_map::Entry, HashMap};
 use ash::vk;
 use ordered_float::OrderedFloat;
 
+/// If the allowed sampler count is above this value, the sampler cache is disabled.
+const ENABLE_SAMPLER_CACHE_CUTOFF: u32 = 1 << 20;
+
 /// [`vk::SamplerCreateInfo`] is not hashable, so we wrap it in a newtype that is.
 ///
 /// We use [`OrderedFloat`] to allow for floating point values to be compared and
@@ -73,13 +76,17 @@ pub(crate) struct SamplerCache {
     samplers: HashMap<HashableSamplerCreateInfo, CacheEntry>,
     /// Maximum number of unique samplers that can be created.
     total_capacity: u32,
+    /// If true, the sampler cache is disabled and all samplers are created on demand.
+    passthrough: bool,
 }
 
 impl SamplerCache {
     pub fn new(total_capacity: u32) -> Self {
-        SamplerCache {
+        let passthrough = total_capacity >= ENABLE_SAMPLER_CACHE_CUTOFF;
+        Self {
             samplers: HashMap::new(),
             total_capacity,
+            passthrough,
         }
     }
 
@@ -95,6 +102,11 @@ impl SamplerCache {
         device: &ash::Device,
         create_info: vk::SamplerCreateInfo<'static>,
     ) -> Result<vk::Sampler, crate::DeviceError> {
+        if self.passthrough {
+            return unsafe { device.create_sampler(&create_info, None) }
+                .map_err(super::map_host_device_oom_and_ioca_err);
+        };
+
         // Get the number of used samplers. Needs to be done before to appease the borrow checker.
         let used_samplers = self.samplers.len();
 
@@ -138,6 +150,11 @@ impl SamplerCache {
         create_info: vk::SamplerCreateInfo<'static>,
         provided_sampler: vk::Sampler,
     ) {
+        if self.passthrough {
+            unsafe { device.destroy_sampler(provided_sampler, None) };
+            return;
+        };
+
         let Entry::Occupied(mut hash_map_entry) =
             self.samplers.entry(HashableSamplerCreateInfo(create_info))
         else {