diff --git a/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/CHANGELOG.md b/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/CHANGELOG.md
index 66634046429..7824d92d675 100644
--- a/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 - Fixed an issue with too many variants being included in ShaderGraph shaders used in URP. [[case 1378545](https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/some-lit-shaders-are-having-huge-count-of-variants-which-leads-to-project-build-prevention)]
 - Fixed Light2D Sprite Light not updating when Sprite properties are modified [case 1396416][case 1396418][case 1396422]
 - Fixed ScreenSpaceShadows target which was not bound during draw. [case 1388353](https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/product/unity/issues/guid/1388353/)
+- Fixed an issue where the "Skip Iterations" option on Bloom could cause the effect to not run at all, which would cause flickering due to the Bloom texture being uninitialized. [case 1382991](https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/product/unity/issues/guid/1382991/)
 - Fixed camera sorting layer render target not being allocated in the 2d renderer [case 1389780](https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/urp-2d-renderer-setrendertarget-function-throws-exception-after-upgrading-project-from-2021-dot-1-to-2022-dot-1)
 
 ## [13.1.5] - 2021-12-17
diff --git a/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/Runtime/Passes/PostProcessPass.cs b/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/Runtime/Passes/PostProcessPass.cs
index 63dfa75c85b..75307c55a91 100644
--- a/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/Runtime/Passes/PostProcessPass.cs
+++ b/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/Runtime/Passes/PostProcessPass.cs
@@ -1100,7 +1100,7 @@ void SetupBloom(CommandBuffer cmd, RenderTargetIdentifier source, Material uberM
             int maxSize = Mathf.Max(tw, th);
             int iterations = Mathf.FloorToInt(Mathf.Log(maxSize, 2f) - 1);
             iterations -= m_Bloom.skipIterations.value;
-            int mipCount = Mathf.Clamp(iterations, 1, k_MaxPyramidSize);
+            int mipCount = Mathf.Clamp(iterations, 2, k_MaxPyramidSize);
 
             // Pre-filtering parameters
             float clamp = m_Bloom.clamp.value;