diff --git a/tools/viewer/Viewer.cpp b/tools/viewer/Viewer.cpp
index e8e3734..c0b8dd8 100644
--- a/tools/viewer/Viewer.cpp
+++ b/tools/viewer/Viewer.cpp
@@ -684,7 +684,13 @@
         fWindow->registerMouseWheelFunc(on_mouse_wheel_handler, this);
         fWindow->registerKeyFunc(on_key_handler, this);
         fWindow->registerCharFunc(on_char_handler, this);
-        fWindow->setRequestedDisplayParams(params);
+        // Don't allow the window to re-attach. If we're in MSAA mode, the params we grabbed above
+        // will still include our correct sample count. But the re-created fWindow will lose that
+        // information. On Windows, we need to re-create the window when changing sample count,
+        // so we'll incorrectly detect that situation, then re-initialize the window in GL mode,
+        // rendering this tear-down step pointless (and causing the Vulkan window context to fail
+        // as if we had never changed windows at all).
+        fWindow->setRequestedDisplayParams(params, false);
     }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/tools/viewer/sk_app/Window.cpp b/tools/viewer/sk_app/Window.cpp
index 12fb998..9acea3f 100644
--- a/tools/viewer/sk_app/Window.cpp
+++ b/tools/viewer/sk_app/Window.cpp
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
     return fWindowContext->height();
 }
 
-void Window::setRequestedDisplayParams(const DisplayParams& params) {
+void Window::setRequestedDisplayParams(const DisplayParams& params, bool /* allowReattach */) {
     fRequestedDisplayParams = params;
     if (fWindowContext) {
         fWindowContext->setDisplayParams(fRequestedDisplayParams);
diff --git a/tools/viewer/sk_app/Window.h b/tools/viewer/sk_app/Window.h
index 752dc47..7d0c097 100644
--- a/tools/viewer/sk_app/Window.h
+++ b/tools/viewer/sk_app/Window.h
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@
     int height();
 
     virtual const DisplayParams& getRequestedDisplayParams() { return fRequestedDisplayParams; }
-    virtual void setRequestedDisplayParams(const DisplayParams&);
+    virtual void setRequestedDisplayParams(const DisplayParams&, bool allowReattach = true);
 
     // Actual parameters in effect, obtained from the native window.
     int sampleCount() const;
diff --git a/tools/viewer/sk_app/win/Window_win.cpp b/tools/viewer/sk_app/win/Window_win.cpp
index 6760089..0fb6513 100644
--- a/tools/viewer/sk_app/win/Window_win.cpp
+++ b/tools/viewer/sk_app/win/Window_win.cpp
@@ -369,9 +369,10 @@
     InvalidateRect(fHWnd, nullptr, false);
 }
 
-void Window_win::setRequestedDisplayParams(const DisplayParams& params) {
+void Window_win::setRequestedDisplayParams(const DisplayParams& params, bool allowReattach) {
     // GL on Windows doesn't let us change MSAA after the window is created
-    if (params.fMSAASampleCount != this->getRequestedDisplayParams().fMSAASampleCount) {
+    if (params.fMSAASampleCount != this->getRequestedDisplayParams().fMSAASampleCount
+            && allowReattach) {
         // Need to change these early, so attach() creates the window context correctly
         fRequestedDisplayParams = params;
 
@@ -381,7 +382,7 @@
         this->attach(fBackend);
     }
 
-    INHERITED::setRequestedDisplayParams(params);
+    INHERITED::setRequestedDisplayParams(params, allowReattach);
 }
 
 }   // namespace sk_app
diff --git a/tools/viewer/sk_app/win/Window_win.h b/tools/viewer/sk_app/win/Window_win.h
index 0c6e1f2..139ab87 100644
--- a/tools/viewer/sk_app/win/Window_win.h
+++ b/tools/viewer/sk_app/win/Window_win.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
     void onInval() override;
 
-    void setRequestedDisplayParams(const DisplayParams&) override;
+    void setRequestedDisplayParams(const DisplayParams&, bool allowReattach) override;
 
 private:
     void closeWindow();