diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Vulkan/CommandBufferManager.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Vulkan/CommandBufferManager.cpp
index 98b3a82088..f1a1d3e1e4 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Vulkan/CommandBufferManager.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Vulkan/CommandBufferManager.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ bool CommandBufferManager::CreateCommandBuffers()
   VkDevice device = g_vulkan_context->GetDevice();
   VkResult res;
 
-  for (FrameResources& resources : m_frame_resources)
+  for (CmdBufferResources& resources : m_command_buffers)
   {
     resources.init_command_buffer_used = false;
     resources.semaphore_used = false;
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ bool CommandBufferManager::CreateCommandBuffers()
     return false;
   }
 
-  // Activate the first command buffer. ActivateCommandBuffer moves forward, so start with the last
-  m_current_frame = static_cast<u32>(m_frame_resources.size()) - 1;
+  // Activate the first command buffer. BeginCommandBuffer moves forward, so start with the last
+  m_current_cmd_buffer = static_cast<u32>(m_command_buffers.size()) - 1;
   BeginCommandBuffer();
   return true;
 }
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ void CommandBufferManager::DestroyCommandBuffers()
 {
   VkDevice device = g_vulkan_context->GetDevice();
 
-  for (FrameResources& resources : m_frame_resources)
+  for (CmdBufferResources& resources : m_command_buffers)
   {
     // The Vulkan spec section 5.2 says: "When a pool is destroyed, all command buffers allocated
     // from the pool are freed.". So we don't need to free the command buffers, just the pools.
@@ -165,9 +165,8 @@ void CommandBufferManager::DestroyCommandBuffers()
 
 VkDescriptorSet CommandBufferManager::AllocateDescriptorSet(VkDescriptorSetLayout set_layout)
 {
-  VkDescriptorSetAllocateInfo allocate_info = {
-      VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR_SET_ALLOCATE_INFO, nullptr,
-      m_frame_resources[m_current_frame].descriptor_pool, 1, &set_layout};
+  VkDescriptorSetAllocateInfo allocate_info = {VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR_SET_ALLOCATE_INFO,
+                                               nullptr, GetCurrentDescriptorPool(), 1, &set_layout};
 
   VkDescriptorSet descriptor_set;
   VkResult res =
@@ -236,16 +235,16 @@ void CommandBufferManager::WaitForFenceCounter(u64 fence_counter)
     return;
 
   // Find the first command buffer which covers this counter value.
-  u32 index = (m_current_frame + 1) % NUM_COMMAND_BUFFERS;
-  while (index != m_current_frame)
+  u32 index = (m_current_cmd_buffer + 1) % NUM_COMMAND_BUFFERS;
+  while (index != m_current_cmd_buffer)
   {
-    if (m_frame_resources[index].fence_counter >= fence_counter)
+    if (m_command_buffers[index].fence_counter >= fence_counter)
       break;
 
     index = (index + 1) % NUM_COMMAND_BUFFERS;
   }
 
-  ASSERT(index != m_current_frame);
+  ASSERT(index != m_current_cmd_buffer);
   WaitForCommandBufferCompletion(index);
 }
 
@@ -254,27 +253,29 @@ void CommandBufferManager::WaitForCommandBufferCompletion(u32 index)
   // Ensure this command buffer has been submitted.
   WaitForWorkerThreadIdle();
 
+  CmdBufferResources& resources = m_command_buffers[index];
+
   // Wait for this command buffer to be completed.
-  VkResult res = vkWaitForFences(g_vulkan_context->GetDevice(), 1, &m_frame_resources[index].fence,
-                                 VK_TRUE, UINT64_MAX);
+  VkResult res =
+      vkWaitForFences(g_vulkan_context->GetDevice(), 1, &resources.fence, VK_TRUE, UINT64_MAX);
   if (res != VK_SUCCESS)
     LOG_VULKAN_ERROR(res, "vkWaitForFences failed: ");
 
   // Clean up any resources for command buffers between the last known completed buffer and this
   // now-completed command buffer. If we use >2 buffers, this may be more than one buffer.
-  const u64 now_completed_counter = m_frame_resources[index].fence_counter;
-  u32 cleanup_index = (m_current_frame + 1) % NUM_COMMAND_BUFFERS;
-  while (cleanup_index != m_current_frame)
+  const u64 now_completed_counter = resources.fence_counter;
+  u32 cleanup_index = (index + 1) % NUM_COMMAND_BUFFERS;
+  while (cleanup_index != index)
   {
-    FrameResources& resources = m_frame_resources[cleanup_index];
-    if (resources.fence_counter > now_completed_counter)
+    CmdBufferResources& cleanup_resources = m_command_buffers[cleanup_index];
+    if (cleanup_resources.fence_counter > now_completed_counter)
       break;
 
-    if (resources.fence_counter > m_completed_fence_counter)
+    if (cleanup_resources.fence_counter > m_completed_fence_counter)
     {
-      for (auto& it : resources.cleanup_resources)
+      for (auto& it : cleanup_resources.cleanup_resources)
         it();
-      resources.cleanup_resources.clear();
+      cleanup_resources.cleanup_resources.clear();
     }
 
     cleanup_index = (cleanup_index + 1) % NUM_COMMAND_BUFFERS;
@@ -289,7 +290,7 @@ void CommandBufferManager::SubmitCommandBuffer(bool submit_on_worker_thread,
                                                uint32_t present_image_index)
 {
   // End the current command buffer.
-  FrameResources& resources = m_frame_resources[m_current_frame];
+  CmdBufferResources& resources = GetCurrentCmdBufferResources();
   for (VkCommandBuffer command_buffer : resources.command_buffers)
   {
     VkResult res = vkEndCommandBuffer(command_buffer);
@@ -307,7 +308,7 @@ void CommandBufferManager::SubmitCommandBuffer(bool submit_on_worker_thread,
     {
       std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard(m_pending_submit_lock);
       m_submit_worker_idle = false;
-      m_pending_submits.push_back({present_swap_chain, present_image_index, m_current_frame});
+      m_pending_submits.push_back({present_swap_chain, present_image_index, m_current_cmd_buffer});
     }
 
     // Wake up the worker thread for a single iteration.
@@ -318,9 +319,27 @@ void CommandBufferManager::SubmitCommandBuffer(bool submit_on_worker_thread,
     WaitForWorkerThreadIdle();
 
     // Pass through to normal submission path.
-    SubmitCommandBuffer(m_current_frame, present_swap_chain, present_image_index);
+    SubmitCommandBuffer(m_current_cmd_buffer, present_swap_chain, present_image_index);
     if (wait_for_completion)
-      WaitForCommandBufferCompletion(m_current_frame);
+      WaitForCommandBufferCompletion(m_current_cmd_buffer);
+  }
+
+  if (present_swap_chain != VK_NULL_HANDLE)
+  {
+    m_current_frame = (m_current_frame + 1) % NUM_FRAMES_IN_FLIGHT;
+
+    // Wait for all command buffers that used the descriptor pool to finish
+    u32 cmd_buffer_index = (m_current_cmd_buffer + 1) % NUM_COMMAND_BUFFERS;
+    while (cmd_buffer_index != m_current_cmd_buffer)
+    {
+      CmdBufferResources& cmd_buffer = m_command_buffers[cmd_buffer_index];
+      if (cmd_buffer.frame_index == m_current_frame && cmd_buffer.fence_counter != 0 &&
+          cmd_buffer.fence_counter > m_completed_fence_counter)
+      {
+        WaitForCommandBufferCompletion(cmd_buffer_index);
+      }
+      cmd_buffer_index = (cmd_buffer_index + 1) % NUM_COMMAND_BUFFERS;
+    }
   }
 
   // Switch to next cmdbuffer.
@@ -331,7 +350,7 @@ void CommandBufferManager::SubmitCommandBuffer(u32 command_buffer_index,
                                                VkSwapchainKHR present_swap_chain,
                                                u32 present_image_index)
 {
-  FrameResources& resources = m_frame_resources[command_buffer_index];
+  CmdBufferResources& resources = m_command_buffers[command_buffer_index];
 
   // This may be executed on the worker thread, so don't modify any state of the manager class.
   uint32_t wait_bits = VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_OUTPUT_BIT;
@@ -411,8 +430,8 @@ void CommandBufferManager::SubmitCommandBuffer(u32 command_buffer_index,
 void CommandBufferManager::BeginCommandBuffer()
 {
   // Move to the next command buffer.
-  const u32 next_buffer_index = (m_current_frame + 1) % NUM_COMMAND_BUFFERS;
-  FrameResources& resources = m_frame_resources[next_buffer_index];
+  const u32 next_buffer_index = (m_current_cmd_buffer + 1) % NUM_COMMAND_BUFFERS;
+  CmdBufferResources& resources = m_command_buffers[next_buffer_index];
 
   // Wait for the GPU to finish with all resources for this command buffer.
   if (resources.fence_counter > m_completed_fence_counter)
@@ -447,48 +466,49 @@ void CommandBufferManager::BeginCommandBuffer()
   resources.init_command_buffer_used = false;
   resources.semaphore_used = false;
   resources.fence_counter = m_next_fence_counter++;
-  m_current_frame = next_buffer_index;
+  resources.frame_index = m_current_frame;
+  m_current_cmd_buffer = next_buffer_index;
 }
 
 void CommandBufferManager::DeferBufferDestruction(VkBuffer object)
 {
-  FrameResources& resources = m_frame_resources[m_current_frame];
-  resources.cleanup_resources.push_back(
+  CmdBufferResources& cmd_buffer_resources = GetCurrentCmdBufferResources();
+  cmd_buffer_resources.cleanup_resources.push_back(
       [object]() { vkDestroyBuffer(g_vulkan_context->GetDevice(), object, nullptr); });
 }
 
 void CommandBufferManager::DeferBufferViewDestruction(VkBufferView object)
 {
-  FrameResources& resources = m_frame_resources[m_current_frame];
-  resources.cleanup_resources.push_back(
+  CmdBufferResources& cmd_buffer_resources = GetCurrentCmdBufferResources();
+  cmd_buffer_resources.cleanup_resources.push_back(
       [object]() { vkDestroyBufferView(g_vulkan_context->GetDevice(), object, nullptr); });
 }
 
 void CommandBufferManager::DeferDeviceMemoryDestruction(VkDeviceMemory object)
 {
-  FrameResources& resources = m_frame_resources[m_current_frame];
-  resources.cleanup_resources.push_back(
+  CmdBufferResources& cmd_buffer_resources = GetCurrentCmdBufferResources();
+  cmd_buffer_resources.cleanup_resources.push_back(
       [object]() { vkFreeMemory(g_vulkan_context->GetDevice(), object, nullptr); });
 }
 
 void CommandBufferManager::DeferFramebufferDestruction(VkFramebuffer object)
 {
-  FrameResources& resources = m_frame_resources[m_current_frame];
-  resources.cleanup_resources.push_back(
+  CmdBufferResources& cmd_buffer_resources = GetCurrentCmdBufferResources();
+  cmd_buffer_resources.cleanup_resources.push_back(
       [object]() { vkDestroyFramebuffer(g_vulkan_context->GetDevice(), object, nullptr); });
 }
 
 void CommandBufferManager::DeferImageDestruction(VkImage object)
 {
-  FrameResources& resources = m_frame_resources[m_current_frame];
-  resources.cleanup_resources.push_back(
+  CmdBufferResources& cmd_buffer_resources = GetCurrentCmdBufferResources();
+  cmd_buffer_resources.cleanup_resources.push_back(
       [object]() { vkDestroyImage(g_vulkan_context->GetDevice(), object, nullptr); });
 }
 
 void CommandBufferManager::DeferImageViewDestruction(VkImageView object)
 {
-  FrameResources& resources = m_frame_resources[m_current_frame];
-  resources.cleanup_resources.push_back(
+  CmdBufferResources& cmd_buffer_resources = GetCurrentCmdBufferResources();
+  cmd_buffer_resources.cleanup_resources.push_back(
       [object]() { vkDestroyImageView(g_vulkan_context->GetDevice(), object, nullptr); });
 }
 
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Vulkan/CommandBufferManager.h b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Vulkan/CommandBufferManager.h
index 8493559f0f..bb7ef95677 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Vulkan/CommandBufferManager.h
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Vulkan/CommandBufferManager.h
@@ -34,16 +34,19 @@ public:
   // is submitted, after that you should call these functions again.
   VkCommandBuffer GetCurrentInitCommandBuffer()
   {
-    m_frame_resources[m_current_frame].init_command_buffer_used = true;
-    return m_frame_resources[m_current_frame].command_buffers[0];
+    CmdBufferResources& cmd_buffer_resources = GetCurrentCmdBufferResources();
+    cmd_buffer_resources.init_command_buffer_used = true;
+    return cmd_buffer_resources.command_buffers[0];
   }
   VkCommandBuffer GetCurrentCommandBuffer() const
   {
-    return m_frame_resources[m_current_frame].command_buffers[1];
+    const CmdBufferResources& cmd_buffer_resources = m_command_buffers[m_current_cmd_buffer];
+    return cmd_buffer_resources.command_buffers[1];
   }
   VkDescriptorPool GetCurrentDescriptorPool() const
   {
-    return m_frame_resources[m_current_frame].descriptor_pool;
+    const CmdBufferResources& cmd_buffer_resources = m_command_buffers[m_current_cmd_buffer];
+    return cmd_buffer_resources.descriptor_pool;
   }
   // Allocates a descriptors set from the pool reserved for the current frame.
   VkDescriptorSet AllocateDescriptorSet(VkDescriptorSetLayout set_layout);
@@ -56,14 +59,19 @@ public:
 
   // Gets the fence that will be signaled when the currently executing command buffer is
   // queued and executed. Do not wait for this fence before the buffer is executed.
-  u64 GetCurrentFenceCounter() const { return m_frame_resources[m_current_frame].fence_counter; }
+  u64 GetCurrentFenceCounter() const
+  {
+    auto& resources = m_command_buffers[m_current_cmd_buffer];
+    return resources.fence_counter;
+  }
 
   // Returns the semaphore for the current command buffer, which can be used to ensure the
   // swap chain image is ready before the command buffer executes.
   VkSemaphore GetCurrentCommandBufferSemaphore()
   {
-    m_frame_resources[m_current_frame].semaphore_used = true;
-    return m_frame_resources[m_current_frame].semaphore;
+    auto& resources = m_command_buffers[m_current_cmd_buffer];
+    resources.semaphore_used = true;
+    return resources.semaphore;
   }
 
   // Ensure that the worker thread has submitted any previous command buffers and is idle.
@@ -101,7 +109,7 @@ private:
                            u32 present_image_index);
   void BeginCommandBuffer();
 
-  struct FrameResources
+  struct CmdBufferResources
   {
     // [0] - Init (upload) command buffer, [1] - draw command buffer
     VkCommandPool command_pool = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
@@ -112,15 +120,22 @@ private:
     u64 fence_counter = 0;
     bool init_command_buffer_used = false;
     bool semaphore_used = false;
+    u32 frame_index = 0;
 
     std::vector<std::function<void()>> cleanup_resources;
   };
 
+  CmdBufferResources& GetCurrentCmdBufferResources()
+  {
+    return m_command_buffers[m_current_cmd_buffer];
+  }
+
   u64 m_next_fence_counter = 1;
   u64 m_completed_fence_counter = 0;
 
-  std::array<FrameResources, NUM_COMMAND_BUFFERS> m_frame_resources;
+  std::array<CmdBufferResources, NUM_COMMAND_BUFFERS> m_command_buffers;
   u32 m_current_frame = 0;
+  u32 m_current_cmd_buffer = 0;
 
   // Threaded command buffer execution
   std::thread m_submit_thread;
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Vulkan/Constants.h b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Vulkan/Constants.h
index 52d59b4f45..f8888315a8 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Vulkan/Constants.h
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Vulkan/Constants.h
@@ -11,10 +11,12 @@
 
 namespace Vulkan
 {
-// Number of command buffers. Having two allows one buffer to be
-// executed whilst another is being built.
+// Number of command buffers.
 constexpr size_t NUM_COMMAND_BUFFERS = 2;
 
+// Number of frames in flight, will be used to decide how many descriptor pools are used
+constexpr size_t NUM_FRAMES_IN_FLIGHT = 2;
+
 // Staging buffer usage - optimize for uploads or readbacks
 enum STAGING_BUFFER_TYPE
 {