diff --git a/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanProfiler.cpp b/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanProfiler.cpp
index fccea843b8..6e3a959f30 100644
--- a/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanProfiler.cpp
+++ b/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanProfiler.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ void VulkanProfiler::BeginFrame(VulkanContext *vulkan, VkCommandBuffer firstComm
 		// Log it all out.
 		for (auto &scope : scopes_) {
 			if (scope.endQueryId == -1) {
-				WARN_LOG(G3D, "Unclosed scope: %s", scope.name.c_str());
+				WARN_LOG(G3D, "Unclosed scope: %s", scope.name);
 				continue;
 			}
 			uint64_t startTime = results[scope.startQueryId];
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ void VulkanProfiler::BeginFrame(VulkanContext *vulkan, VkCommandBuffer firstComm
 
 			double milliseconds = (double)delta * timestampConversionFactor;
 
-			INFO_LOG(G3D, "%s%s (%0.3f ms)", indent[scope.level & 3], scope.name.c_str(), milliseconds);
+			INFO_LOG(G3D, "%s%s (%0.3f ms)", indent[scope.level & 3], scope.name, milliseconds);
 		}
 
 		scopes_.clear();
@@ -73,14 +73,11 @@ void VulkanProfiler::Begin(VkCommandBuffer cmdBuf, VkPipelineStageFlagBits stage
 		return;
 	}
 
+	ProfilerScope scope;
 	va_list args;
 	va_start(args, fmt);
-	char temp[512];
-	vsnprintf(temp, sizeof(temp), fmt, args);
+	vsnprintf(scope.name, sizeof(scope.name), fmt, args);
 	va_end(args);
-
-	ProfilerScope scope;
-	scope.name = temp;
 	scope.startQueryId = numQueries_;
 	scope.endQueryId = -1;
 	scope.level = (int)scopeStack_.size();
diff --git a/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanProfiler.h b/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanProfiler.h
index d7b08d6738..e3d21c2021 100644
--- a/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanProfiler.h
+++ b/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanProfiler.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 // Put the whole thing in a FrameData to allow for overlap.
 
 struct ProfilerScope {
-	std::string name;
+	char name[52];  // to make a struct size of 64, just because
 	int startQueryId;
 	int endQueryId;
 	int level;