diff --git a/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanRenderManager.cpp b/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanRenderManager.cpp
index a3f61976dc..8da78975d2 100644
--- a/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanRenderManager.cpp
+++ b/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanRenderManager.cpp
@@ -612,9 +612,9 @@ void VulkanRenderManager::BeginFrame(bool enableProfiling, bool enableLogProfile
 	// Must be after the fence - this performs deletes.
 	VLOG("PUSH: BeginFrame %d", curFrame);
 
+	insideFrame_ = true;
 	vulkan_->BeginFrame(enableLogProfiler ? GetInitCmd() : VK_NULL_HANDLE);
 
-	insideFrame_ = true;
 	renderStepOffset_ = 0;
 
 	frameData.profile.timestampDescriptions.clear();
diff --git a/GPU/Common/FramebufferManagerCommon.cpp b/GPU/Common/FramebufferManagerCommon.cpp
index 4513493c61..07f933778f 100644
--- a/GPU/Common/FramebufferManagerCommon.cpp
+++ b/GPU/Common/FramebufferManagerCommon.cpp
@@ -108,6 +108,13 @@ bool FramebufferManagerCommon::UpdateSize() {
 
 void FramebufferManagerCommon::BeginFrame() {
 	DecimateFBOs();
+
+	// Might have a new post shader - let's compile it.
+	if (updatePostShaders_) {
+		presentation_->UpdatePostShader();
+		updatePostShaders_ = false;
+	}
+
 	currentRenderVfb_ = nullptr;
 }
 
@@ -2349,8 +2356,9 @@ void FramebufferManagerCommon::Resized() {
 		DestroyAllFBOs();
 	}
 
-	// Might have a new post shader - let's compile it.
-	presentation_->UpdatePostShader();
+	// No drawing is allowed here. This includes anything that might potentially touch a command buffer, like creating images!
+	// So we need to defer the post processing initialization.
+	updatePostShaders_ = true;
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 	// Seems related - if you're ok with numbers all the time, show some more :)
diff --git a/GPU/Common/FramebufferManagerCommon.h b/GPU/Common/FramebufferManagerCommon.h
index ffcab7a1ec..5a85d93541 100644
--- a/GPU/Common/FramebufferManagerCommon.h
+++ b/GPU/Common/FramebufferManagerCommon.h
@@ -544,6 +544,7 @@ protected:
 	int pixelWidth_ = 0;
 	int pixelHeight_ = 0;
 	int bloomHack_ = 0;
+	bool updatePostShaders_ = false;
 
 	Draw::DataFormat preferredPixelsFormat_ = Draw::DataFormat::R8G8B8A8_UNORM;