diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKGSRender.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKGSRender.cpp
index db2cc81a40..1e31d3835e 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKGSRender.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKGSRender.cpp
@@ -1078,7 +1078,7 @@ void VKGSRender::end()
 		{
 			if (!rsx::method_registers.fragment_textures[i].enabled())
 			{
-				m_program->bind_uniform({ vk::null_sampler(), vk::null_image_view(), VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_SHADER_READ_ONLY_OPTIMAL }, "tex" + std::to_string(i), m_current_frame->descriptor_set);
+				m_program->bind_uniform({ vk::null_sampler(), vk::null_image_view(*m_current_command_buffer), VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_SHADER_READ_ONLY_OPTIMAL }, "tex" + std::to_string(i), m_current_frame->descriptor_set);
 				continue;
 			}
 
@@ -1087,7 +1087,7 @@ void VKGSRender::end()
 			if (!texture0)
 			{
 				LOG_ERROR(RSX, "Texture upload failed to texture index %d. Binding null sampler.", i);
-				m_program->bind_uniform({ vk::null_sampler(), vk::null_image_view(), VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_SHADER_READ_ONLY_OPTIMAL }, "tex" + std::to_string(i), m_current_frame->descriptor_set);
+				m_program->bind_uniform({ vk::null_sampler(), vk::null_image_view(*m_current_command_buffer), VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_SHADER_READ_ONLY_OPTIMAL }, "tex" + std::to_string(i), m_current_frame->descriptor_set);
 				continue;
 			}
 
@@ -1132,7 +1132,7 @@ void VKGSRender::end()
 		{
 			if (!rsx::method_registers.vertex_textures[i].enabled())
 			{
-				m_program->bind_uniform({ vk::null_sampler(), vk::null_image_view(), VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_SHADER_READ_ONLY_OPTIMAL }, "vtex" + std::to_string(i), m_current_frame->descriptor_set);
+				m_program->bind_uniform({ vk::null_sampler(), vk::null_image_view(*m_current_command_buffer), VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_SHADER_READ_ONLY_OPTIMAL }, "vtex" + std::to_string(i), m_current_frame->descriptor_set);
 				continue;
 			}
 
@@ -1141,7 +1141,7 @@ void VKGSRender::end()
 			if (!texture0)
 			{
 				LOG_ERROR(RSX, "Texture upload failed to vtexture index %d. Binding null sampler.", i);
-				m_program->bind_uniform({ vk::null_sampler(), vk::null_image_view(), VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_SHADER_READ_ONLY_OPTIMAL }, "vtex" + std::to_string(i), m_current_frame->descriptor_set);
+				m_program->bind_uniform({ vk::null_sampler(), vk::null_image_view(*m_current_command_buffer), VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_SHADER_READ_ONLY_OPTIMAL }, "vtex" + std::to_string(i), m_current_frame->descriptor_set);
 				continue;
 			}
 
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKHelpers.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKHelpers.cpp
index 811a80c77d..fc68686ada 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKHelpers.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKHelpers.cpp
@@ -211,19 +211,20 @@ namespace vk
 		return g_null_sampler;
 	}
 
-	VkImageView null_image_view()
+	VkImageView null_image_view(vk::command_buffer &cmd)
 	{
 		if (g_null_image_view)
 			return g_null_image_view->value;
 
 		g_null_texture.reset(new image(g_current_renderer, get_memory_mapping(g_current_renderer.gpu()).device_local, VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_DEVICE_LOCAL_BIT,
-			VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D, VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_UNORM, 4, 4, 1, 1, 1, VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT, VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_SHADER_READ_ONLY_OPTIMAL,
+			VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D, VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_UNORM, 4, 4, 1, 1, 1, VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT, VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_UNDEFINED,
 			VK_IMAGE_TILING_OPTIMAL, VK_IMAGE_USAGE_SAMPLED_BIT, 0));
 
 		g_null_image_view.reset(new image_view(g_current_renderer, g_null_texture->value, VK_IMAGE_VIEW_TYPE_2D,
 			VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_UNORM, {VK_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_R, VK_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_G, VK_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_B, VK_COMPONENT_SWIZZLE_A},
 			{VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_COLOR_BIT, 0, 1, 0, 1}));
 
+		change_image_layout(cmd, g_null_texture.get(), VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_SHADER_READ_ONLY_OPTIMAL, {VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_COLOR_BIT, 0, 1, 0, 1});
 		return g_null_image_view->value;
 	}
 
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKHelpers.h b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKHelpers.h
index 9f897d49f0..c67f34d106 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKHelpers.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKHelpers.h
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ namespace vk
 	VkImageSubresourceRange get_image_subresource_range(uint32_t base_layer, uint32_t base_mip, uint32_t layer_count, uint32_t level_count, VkImageAspectFlags aspect);
 
 	VkSampler null_sampler();
-	VkImageView null_image_view();
+	VkImageView null_image_view(vk::command_buffer&);
 
 	void destroy_global_resources();