diff --git a/.claude/sweep-performance-state.csv b/.claude/sweep-performance-state.csv
index 266f9a8d0..eb943e655 100644
--- a/.claude/sweep-performance-state.csv
+++ b/.claude/sweep-performance-state.csv
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ interpolate_spline,2026-06-04,SAFE,compute-bound,0,,"scope=spline-only. Audited
 kde,2026-04-14T12:00:00Z,SAFE,compute-bound,0,,Graph construction serialized per-tile. _filter_points_to_tile scans all points per tile. No HIGH findings.
 mahalanobis,2026-03-31T18:00:00Z,SAFE,compute-bound,0,,False positive. Numpy path materializes by design. Dask path uses lazy reductions + map_blocks.
 mcda,2026-06-10,SAFE,memory-bound,2,3150,"2 HIGH fixed in PR #3158: owa() dask path crashed (da.sort does not exist; memory guard pointed users at the crashing path) and wpm validation ran one compute() per criterion. MEDIUM fixed in PR #3159 (#3151): cupy piecewise + dask+cupy piecewise/categorical raised TypeError via np.asarray on cupy chunks. MEDIUM fixed in PR #3160 (#3152): monte_carlo sensitivity materialized full dask dataset (now chunk-bounded map_blocks, ~8 tasks/chunk at n_samples=1000) and crashed on cupy via per-sample .values; constrain() deep copy dropped. LOW documented, not fixed: fuzzy_overlay builds ones via layers[0]*0+1; _categorical does one full-array pass per mapping key. Verdict SAFE assumes the 3 PRs merge (pre-fix: WILL OOM for MC-on-dask, owa dask broken). GPU paths validated on CUDA host (cupy 13.6)."
-morphology,2026-03-31T18:00:00Z,SAFE,compute-bound,0,,
+morphology,2026-06-20,SAFE,compute-bound,1,3401,memory guard fired on full lazy-dask shape (false MemoryError); skip guard for dask-backed inputs; eager numpy/cupy guard preserved
 multispectral,2026-05-02,SAFE,compute-bound,0,,"Re-audit 2026-05-02 after PRs 1292 (true_color memory guard) and 1301 (validate_arrays in true_color). Verified SAFE. No HIGH. MEDIUM: da.stack in _true_color_dask/_true_color_dask_cupy at L1702/L1731 creates (1,1,1,1) chunks along band axis (4 bands so impact is minor, scheduling overhead not OOM). LOW: np.zeros((h,w,4)) at L1681 then full overwrite -- np.empty would suffice. All 17 indices use plain map_blocks with no halo; 8192x8192 ndvi graph is 80 tasks, evi/arvi/ebbi 112 tasks."
 normalize,2026-03-31T18:00:00Z,SAFE,compute-bound,0,1124,Boolean indexing replaced with lazy nanmin/nanmax/nanmean/nanstd.
 pathfinding,2026-04-15T12:00:00Z,SAFE,compute-bound,0,false-positive,Downgraded. CuPy .get() is required -- A* has no GPU kernel. Per-pixel .compute() is only 2 calls for start/goal validation. seg.values in multi_stop_search collects already-computed results for stitching.
diff --git a/xrspatial/morphology.py b/xrspatial/morphology.py
index 87c01bb95..d183b11c1 100644
--- a/xrspatial/morphology.py
+++ b/xrspatial/morphology.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class cupy:
     _validate_raster,
     calc_cuda_dims,
     has_cuda_and_cupy,
+    has_dask_array,
     ngjit,
     not_implemented_func,
 )
@@ -443,7 +444,14 @@ def _dispatch(agg, kernel, boundary, name, numpy_fn, cupy_fn, dask_fn, dask_cupy
 
     rows, cols = agg.shape
     ky, kx = kernel.shape
-    _check_kernel_memory(rows, cols, ky, kx, name)
+    # The guard budgets a full padded float64 copy of the input, which only
+    # the eager numpy/cupy backends allocate. Dask processes the array
+    # chunk-by-chunk via map_overlap, so peak memory scales with chunk size,
+    # not the full shape -- skip the full-shape check for dask-backed inputs.
+    # (This assumes reasonable chunking; a single giant chunk would still
+    # materialize a full padded copy per block.)
+    if not (has_dask_array() and isinstance(agg.data, da.Array)):
+        _check_kernel_memory(rows, cols, ky, kx, name)
 
     mapper = ArrayTypeFunctionMapping(
         numpy_func=partial(numpy_fn, kernel=kernel, boundary=boundary),
diff --git a/xrspatial/tests/test_morphology.py b/xrspatial/tests/test_morphology.py
index 8bf066768..0b7722fc2 100644
--- a/xrspatial/tests/test_morphology.py
+++ b/xrspatial/tests/test_morphology.py
@@ -531,6 +531,29 @@ def test_kernel_memory_guard_allows_normal_use(monkeypatch):
     general_output_checks(agg, result, verify_attrs=True)
 
 
+@dask_array_available
+def test_memory_guard_skipped_for_lazy_dask(monkeypatch):
+    """The full-shape guard must not fire on a lazy dask array.
+
+    Dask processes the raster chunk-by-chunk via map_overlap, so peak
+    memory scales with chunk size, not the full logical shape. A guard
+    sized against the full array would reject workloads that run fine.
+    """
+    import dask.array as da
+
+    # Tiny memory budget: the full-shape guard would trip immediately, but
+    # the dask path never allocates a full padded copy.
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        morphology_mod, "_available_memory_bytes", lambda: 1 * 1024 * 1024,
+    )
+    arr = da.zeros((4096, 4096), chunks=(512, 512), dtype=np.float64)
+    agg = xr.DataArray(arr, dims=['y', 'x'])
+    # Graph construction only -- no .compute().
+    result = morph_erode(agg, kernel=_KERNEL_3x3, boundary='reflect')
+    assert isinstance(result.data, da.Array)
+    assert result.shape == (4096, 4096)
+
+
 def test_kernel_memory_guard_runs_for_all_public_apis(monkeypatch):
     """Every public API entry point should trigger the guard via _dispatch."""
     monkeypatch.setattr(