diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/vkutils/swapchain.hpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/vkutils/swapchain.hpp
index ba58a37cf8..f8f5655669 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/vkutils/swapchain.hpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/vkutils/swapchain.hpp
@@ -760,8 +760,12 @@ namespace vk
 			present.swapchainCount = 1;
 			present.pSwapchains = &m_vk_swapchain;
 			present.pImageIndices = ℑ
-			present.waitSemaphoreCount = 1;
-			present.pWaitSemaphores = &semaphore;
+
+			if (semaphore != VK_NULL_HANDLE)
+			{
+				present.waitSemaphoreCount = 1;
+				present.pWaitSemaphores = &semaphore;
+			}
 
 			return _vkQueuePresentKHR(dev.get_present_queue(), &present);
 		}