diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKGSRender.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKGSRender.cpp
index ce50a28523..5dc34cbd48 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKGSRender.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKGSRender.cpp
@@ -528,6 +528,8 @@ VKGSRender::VKGSRender() : GSRender()
 	m_ui_renderer = std::make_unique<vk::ui_overlay_renderer>();
 	m_ui_renderer->create(*m_current_command_buffer, m_texture_upload_buffer_ring_info);
 
+	m_occlusion_query_pool.initialize(*m_current_command_buffer);
+
 	backend_config.supports_multidraw = true;
 
 	// NOTE: We do not actually need multiple sample support for A2C to work
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKHelpers.h b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKHelpers.h
index c479b4e115..b16578520f 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKHelpers.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKHelpers.h
@@ -2912,12 +2912,8 @@ public:
 			CHECK_RESULT(vkCreateQueryPool(dev, &info, nullptr, &query_pool));
 			owner = &dev;
 
-			query_active_status.resize(num_entries, false);
-
-			for (u32 n = 0; n < num_entries; ++n)
-			{
-				available_slots.push(n);
-			}
+			// From spec: "After query pool creation, each query must be reset before it is used."
+			query_active_status.resize(num_entries, true);
 		}
 
 		void destroy()
@@ -2931,6 +2927,19 @@ public:
 			}
 		}
 
+		void initialize(vk::command_buffer &cmd)
+		{
+			const u32 count = (u32)query_active_status.size();
+			vkCmdResetQueryPool(cmd, query_pool, 0, count);
+
+			std::fill(query_active_status.begin(), query_active_status.end(), false);
+
+			for (u32 n = 0; n < count; ++n)
+			{
+				available_slots.push(n);
+			}
+		}
+
 		void begin_query(vk::command_buffer &cmd, u32 index)
 		{
 			if (query_active_status[index])