diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKRenderTargets.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKRenderTargets.cpp
index db9a51962e..74b7f565e4 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKRenderTargets.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKRenderTargets.cpp
@@ -693,6 +693,7 @@ namespace vk
 			const auto max_content_size = tiled_region.tile->pitch * utils::align<u32>(subres.height_in_block, 64);
 			const auto section_length = std::min(max_content_size, available_tile_size);
 
+			vk::load_dma(range.start, section_length);
 			const auto dma_mapping = vk::map_dma(range.start, section_length);
 			const auto scratch_buf = vk::get_scratch_buffer(cmd, section_length * 3); // 0 = linear data, 1 = padding (deswz), 2 = tiled data
 			const auto tiled_data_scratch_offset = section_length * 2;