diff --git a/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanBarrier.h b/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanBarrier.h
index 9382f71166..2356fbcc18 100644
--- a/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanBarrier.h
+++ b/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanBarrier.h
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ class VulkanBarrier {
 public:
 	VulkanBarrier() : imageBarriers_(4) {}
 
+	bool empty() const { return imageBarriers_.empty(); }
+
 	void TransitionImage(
 		VkImage image, int baseMip, int numMipLevels, int numLayers, VkImageAspectFlags aspectMask,
 		VkImageLayout oldImageLayout, VkImageLayout newImageLayout,
diff --git a/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanRenderManager.cpp b/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanRenderManager.cpp
index 8b031ce8c9..9dc8db917f 100644
--- a/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanRenderManager.cpp
+++ b/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanRenderManager.cpp
@@ -1411,6 +1411,11 @@ void VulkanRenderManager::Finish() {
 	int curFrame = vulkan_->GetCurFrame();
 	FrameData &frameData = frameData_[curFrame];
 
+	if (!postInitBarrier_.empty()) {
+		VkCommandBuffer buffer = frameData.GetInitCmd(vulkan_);
+		postInitBarrier_.Flush(buffer);
+	}
+
 	VLOG("PUSH: Frame[%d]", curFrame);
 	VKRRenderThreadTask *task = new VKRRenderThreadTask(VKRRunType::SUBMIT);
 	task->frame = curFrame;
@@ -1561,7 +1566,12 @@ void VulkanRenderManager::FlushSync() {
 
 	int curFrame = vulkan_->GetCurFrame();
 	FrameData &frameData = frameData_[curFrame];
-	
+
+	if (!postInitBarrier_.empty()) {
+		VkCommandBuffer buffer = frameData.GetInitCmd(vulkan_);
+		postInitBarrier_.Flush(buffer);
+	}
+
 	if (useRenderThread_) {
 		{
 			VLOG("PUSH: Frame[%d]", curFrame);
@@ -1584,11 +1594,10 @@ void VulkanRenderManager::FlushSync() {
 			frameData.syncDone = false;
 		}
 	} else {
-		VKRRenderThreadTask *task = new VKRRenderThreadTask(VKRRunType::SYNC);
-		task->frame = curFrame;
-		task->steps = std::move(steps_);
-		Run(*task);
-		delete task;
+		VKRRenderThreadTask task(VKRRunType::SYNC);
+		task.frame = curFrame;
+		task.steps = std::move(steps_);
+		Run(task);
 		steps_.clear();
 	}
 }
diff --git a/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanRenderManager.h b/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanRenderManager.h
index 8f9c7120d9..6b07b0c198 100644
--- a/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanRenderManager.h
+++ b/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanRenderManager.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include "Common/Thread/Promise.h"
 #include "Common/System/Display.h"
 #include "Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanContext.h"
+#include "Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanBarrier.h"
 #include "Common/Data/Convert/SmallDataConvert.h"
 #include "Common/Data/Collections/FastVec.h"
 #include "Common/Math/math_util.h"
@@ -535,6 +536,12 @@ public:
 		return outOfDateFrames_ > VulkanContext::MAX_INFLIGHT_FRAMES;
 	}
 
+	void Invalidate(InvalidationFlags flags);
+
+	VulkanBarrier &PostInitBarrier() {
+		return postInitBarrier_;
+	}
+
 	void ResetStats();
 	void DrainAndBlockCompileQueue();
 	void ReleaseCompileQueue();
@@ -626,6 +633,8 @@ private:
 	SimpleStat renderCPUTimeMs_;
 	SimpleStat descUpdateTimeMs_;
 
+	VulkanBarrier postInitBarrier_;
+
 	std::function<void(InvalidationCallbackFlags)> invalidationCallback_;
 
 	uint64_t frameIdGen_ = FRAME_TIME_HISTORY_LENGTH;