diff --git a/ext/native/gfx_es2/draw_buffer.cpp b/ext/native/gfx_es2/draw_buffer.cpp
index 5d1bb88153..b329534a93 100644
--- a/ext/native/gfx_es2/draw_buffer.cpp
+++ b/ext/native/gfx_es2/draw_buffer.cpp
@@ -495,8 +495,12 @@ void DrawBuffer::DrawTextRect(int font, const char *text, float x, float y, floa
 // ROTATE_* doesn't yet work right.
 void DrawBuffer::DrawText(int font, const char *text, float x, float y, Color color, int align) {
 	// rough estimate
-	if (count_ + strlen(text) * 6 > MAX_VERTS) {
+	size_t textLen = strlen(text);
+	if (count_ + textLen * 6 > MAX_VERTS) {
 		Flush(true);
+		if (textLen * 6 >= MAX_VERTS) {
+			textLen = std::min(MAX_VERTS / 6 - 10, (int)textLen);
+		}
 	}
 
 	const AtlasFont &atlasfont = *atlas->fonts[font];
@@ -508,14 +512,14 @@ void DrawBuffer::DrawText(int font, const char *text, float x, float y, Color co
 	}
 
 	if (align & ROTATE_90DEG_LEFT) {
-		x -= atlasfont.ascend*fontscaley;
+		x -= atlasfont.ascend * fontscaley;
 		// y += h;
+	} else {
+		y += atlasfont.ascend * fontscaley;
 	}
-	else
-		y += atlasfont.ascend*fontscaley;
 	float sx = x;
 	UTF8 utf(text);
-	while (true) {
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < textLen; i++) {
 		if (utf.end())
 			break;
 		cval = utf.next();
diff --git a/ext/native/thin3d/VulkanQueueRunner.cpp b/ext/native/thin3d/VulkanQueueRunner.cpp
index 0b16b4bbc7..8a7dcd8f4a 100644
--- a/ext/native/thin3d/VulkanQueueRunner.cpp
+++ b/ext/native/thin3d/VulkanQueueRunner.cpp
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ void VulkanQueueRunner::RunSteps(VkCommandBuffer cmd, std::vector<VKRStep *> &st
 			break;
 		}
 
-		if (profile) {
+		if (profile && profile->timestampDescriptions.size() + 1 < MAX_TIMESTAMP_QUERIES) {
 			vkCmdWriteTimestamp(cmd, VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_BOTTOM_OF_PIPE_BIT, profile->queryPool, (uint32_t)profile->timestampDescriptions.size());
 			profile->timestampDescriptions.push_back(StepToString(step));
 		}
diff --git a/ext/native/thin3d/VulkanRenderManager.h b/ext/native/thin3d/VulkanRenderManager.h
index 4201d912ad..c14c894a72 100644
--- a/ext/native/thin3d/VulkanRenderManager.h
+++ b/ext/native/thin3d/VulkanRenderManager.h
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ enum class VKRRunType {
 	SYNC,
 };
 
+enum {
+	MAX_TIMESTAMP_QUERIES = 128,
+};
+
 class VulkanRenderManager {
 public:
 	VulkanRenderManager(VulkanContext *vulkan);
@@ -299,10 +303,6 @@ private:
 
 	FrameData frameData_[VulkanContext::MAX_INFLIGHT_FRAMES];
 
-	enum {
-		MAX_TIMESTAMP_QUERIES = 256,
-	};
-
 	// Submission time state
 	int curWidth_ = -1;
 	int curHeight_ = -1;