diff --git a/modules/core/src/utils/texture.ts b/modules/core/src/utils/texture.ts
index 3a9ba8f918f..2dbacb34a2c 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/utils/texture.ts
+++ b/modules/core/src/utils/texture.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,10 @@ export function createTexture(
     };
   }
 
-  const {width, height} = image.data;
+  // Browser objects are wrapped as `{data: browserImage}` above, so their dimensions live on
+  // `data`. The plain object form `{data: <Uint8Array>, width, height}` carries them on the object
+  // itself - reading `image.data` there yields `undefined` and an invalid `mipLevels` count.
+  const {width, height} = image.data.width === undefined ? image : image.data;
   const texture = device.createTexture({
     ...image,
     sampler: {
diff --git a/test/modules/core/utils/index.ts b/test/modules/core/utils/index.ts
index c252bb2cbd1..2318f58fa5d 100644
--- a/test/modules/core/utils/index.ts
+++ b/test/modules/core/utils/index.ts
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ import './math-utils.spec';
 import './shader.spec';
 import './typed-array-manager.spec';
 import './apply-styles.spec';
+import './texture.spec';
diff --git a/test/modules/core/utils/texture.spec.ts b/test/modules/core/utils/texture.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..81b39d48a8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/modules/core/utils/texture.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+// deck.gl
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+// Copyright (c) vis.gl contributors
+
+import {test, expect} from 'vitest';
+
+import {createTexture, destroyTexture} from '@deck.gl/core/utils/texture';
+import {device} from '@deck.gl/test-utils/vitest';
+
+const SIZE = 64;
+// 1 + floor(log2(64))
+const EXPECTED_MIP_LEVELS = 7;
+
+test('createTexture#plain object image', () => {
+  // The documented `{data, width, height}` form carries its dimensions on the object itself, not on
+  // `data`. Reading them from the wrong level produced `mipLevels: NaN`, which rendered as opaque
+  // black. See issue #10371
+  const texture = createTexture(
+    'test-owner',
+    device,
+    {data: new Uint8Array(SIZE * SIZE * 4).fill(200), width: SIZE, height: SIZE},
+    {}
+  );
+
+  expect(texture, 'creates a texture').toBeTruthy();
+  expect(texture!.width, 'reads width from the plain object').toBe(SIZE);
+  expect(texture!.height, 'reads height from the plain object').toBe(SIZE);
+  expect(texture!.mipLevels, 'derives a valid mip level count').toBe(EXPECTED_MIP_LEVELS);
+
+  destroyTexture('test-owner', texture!);
+});
+
+test('createTexture#browser image object', () => {
+  // Browser objects are wrapped as `{data: browserImage}`, so their dimensions live on `data`
+  const texture = createTexture(
+    'test-owner',
+    device,
+    new ImageData(new Uint8ClampedArray(SIZE * SIZE * 4).fill(200), SIZE, SIZE),
+    {}
+  );
+
+  expect(texture, 'creates a texture').toBeTruthy();
+  expect(texture!.width, 'reads width from the wrapped image').toBe(SIZE);
+  expect(texture!.height, 'reads height from the wrapped image').toBe(SIZE);
+  expect(texture!.mipLevels, 'derives a valid mip level count').toBe(EXPECTED_MIP_LEVELS);
+
+  destroyTexture('test-owner', texture!);
+});