diff --git a/src/ol/VectorImageTile.js b/src/ol/VectorImageTile.js
index e4fd58ceb6..eaa36142c9 100644
--- a/src/ol/VectorImageTile.js
+++ b/src/ol/VectorImageTile.js
@@ -103,11 +103,17 @@ class VectorImageTile extends Tile {
      */
     this.sourceTileListenerKeys_ = [];
 
+    /**
+     * Use only source tiles that are loaded already
+     * @type {boolean}
+     */
+    this.useLoadedOnly = zoom != tileCoord[0];
+
     if (urlTileCoord) {
       const extent = this.extent = tileGrid.getTileCoordExtent(urlTileCoord);
       const resolution = tileGrid.getResolution(zoom);
       const sourceZ = sourceTileGrid.getZForResolution(resolution);
-      const useLoadedOnly = zoom != tileCoord[0];
+      const useLoadedOnly = this.useLoadedOnly;
       let loadCount = 0;
       sourceTileGrid.forEachTileCoord(extent, sourceZ, function(sourceTileCoord) {
         let sharedExtent = getIntersection(extent,
diff --git a/src/ol/VectorTile.js b/src/ol/VectorTile.js
index cac9e59683..3a59e2fce4 100644
--- a/src/ol/VectorTile.js
+++ b/src/ol/VectorTile.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /**
  * @module ol/VectorTile
  */
+import {containsExtent} from './extent.js';
 import {getUid} from './util.js';
 import Tile from './Tile.js';
 import TileState from './TileState.js';
@@ -147,6 +148,31 @@ class VectorTile extends Tile {
     return this.replayGroups_[getUid(layer) + ',' + key];
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Get the best matching lower resolution replay group for a given zoom and extent.
+   * @param {import("./layer/Layer").default} layer Layer.
+   * @param {number} zoom Zoom.
+   * @param {import("./extent").Extent} extent Extent.
+   * @return {import("./render/ReplayGroup.js").default} Replay groups.
+   */
+  getLowResReplayGroup(layer, zoom, extent) {
+    const layerId = getUid(layer);
+    let bestZoom = 0;
+    let replayGroup = null;
+    for (const key in this.replayGroups_) {
+      const keyData = key.split(',');
+      const candidateZoom = Number(keyData[1]);
+      if (keyData[0] === layerId && candidateZoom <= zoom) {
+        const candidate = this.replayGroups_[key];
+        if (containsExtent(candidate.getMaxExtent(), extent) && candidateZoom > bestZoom) {
+          replayGroup = candidate;
+          bestZoom = candidateZoom;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return replayGroup;
+  }
+
   /**
    * @inheritDoc
    */
diff --git a/src/ol/render/canvas/ReplayGroup.js b/src/ol/render/canvas/ReplayGroup.js
index 5d055a7cdf..fa7aaaf89d 100644
--- a/src/ol/render/canvas/ReplayGroup.js
+++ b/src/ol/render/canvas/ReplayGroup.js
@@ -311,6 +311,13 @@ class CanvasReplayGroup extends ReplayGroup {
     return flatClipCoords;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @return {import("../../extent.js").Extent} The extent of the replay group.
+   */
+  getMaxExtent() {
+    return this.maxExtent_;
+  }
+
   /**
    * @inheritDoc
    */
diff --git a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/VectorTileLayer.js b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/VectorTileLayer.js
index d25e3ec853..2e608ea9d2 100644
--- a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/VectorTileLayer.js
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/VectorTileLayer.js
@@ -156,7 +156,8 @@ class CanvasVectorTileLayerRenderer extends CanvasTileLayerRenderer {
     const source = /** @type {import("../../source/VectorTile.js").default} */ (layer.getSource());
     const sourceTileGrid = source.getTileGrid();
     const tileGrid = source.getTileGridForProjection(projection);
-    const resolution = tileGrid.getResolution(tile.tileCoord[0]);
+    const zoom = tile.tileCoord[0];
+    const resolution = tileGrid.getResolution(zoom);
     const tileExtent = tile.extent;
 
     for (let t = 0, tt = tile.tileKeys.length; t < tt; ++t) {
@@ -164,6 +165,14 @@ class CanvasVectorTileLayerRenderer extends CanvasTileLayerRenderer {
       if (sourceTile.getState() != TileState.LOADED) {
         continue;
       }
+      if (tile.useLoadedOnly) {
+        const lowResReplayGroup = sourceTile.getLowResReplayGroup(layer, zoom, tileExtent);
+        if (lowResReplayGroup) {
+          // reuse existing replay if we're rendering an interim tile
+          sourceTile.setReplayGroup(layer, tile.tileCoord.toString(), lowResReplayGroup);
+          continue;
+        }
+      }
 
       const sourceTileCoord = sourceTile.tileCoord;
       const sourceTileExtent = sourceTileGrid.getTileCoordExtent(sourceTileCoord);