diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_scheduler.cpp b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_scheduler.cpp
index 604dfbc21..a318ac954 100644
--- a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_scheduler.cpp
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_scheduler.cpp
@@ -43,13 +43,14 @@ Scheduler::Scheduler(const Instance& instance, RenderpassCache& renderpass_cache
 Scheduler::~Scheduler() = default;
 
 void Scheduler::Flush(vk::Semaphore signal, vk::Semaphore wait) {
+    // When flushing, we only send data to the worker thread; no waiting is necessary.
     SubmitExecution(signal, wait);
 }
 
 void Scheduler::Finish(vk::Semaphore signal, vk::Semaphore wait) {
+    // When finishing, we need to wait for the submission to have executed on the device.
     const u64 presubmit_tick = CurrentTick();
     SubmitExecution(signal, wait);
-    WaitWorker();
     Wait(presubmit_tick);
 }
 
@@ -61,8 +62,15 @@ void Scheduler::WaitWorker() {
     MICROPROFILE_SCOPE(Vulkan_WaitForWorker);
     DispatchWork();
 
-    std::unique_lock lock{work_mutex};
-    wait_cv.wait(lock, [this] { return work_queue.empty(); });
+    // Ensure the queue is drained.
+    {
+        std::unique_lock ql{queue_mutex};
+        event_cv.wait(ql, [this] { return work_queue.empty(); });
+    }
+
+    // Now wait for execution to finish.
+    // This needs to be done in the same order as WorkerThread.
+    std::scoped_lock el{execution_mutex};
 }
 
 void Scheduler::Wait(u64 tick) {
@@ -79,40 +87,65 @@ void Scheduler::DispatchWork() {
     }
 
     {
-        std::scoped_lock lock{work_mutex};
+        std::scoped_lock ql{queue_mutex};
         work_queue.push(std::move(chunk));
     }
 
-    work_cv.notify_one();
+    event_cv.notify_all();
     AcquireNewChunk();
 }
 
 void Scheduler::WorkerThread(std::stop_token stop_token) {
     Common::SetCurrentThreadName("VulkanWorker");
-    do {
-        std::unique_ptr<CommandChunk> work;
-        bool has_submit{false};
-        {
-            std::unique_lock lock{work_mutex};
-            if (work_queue.empty()) {
-                wait_cv.notify_all();
-            }
-            Common::CondvarWait(work_cv, lock, stop_token, [&] { return !work_queue.empty(); });
-            if (stop_token.stop_requested()) {
-                continue;
-            }
-            work = std::move(work_queue.front());
-            work_queue.pop();
 
-            has_submit = work->HasSubmit();
+    const auto TryPopQueue{[this](auto& work) -> bool {
+        if (work_queue.empty()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        work = std::move(work_queue.front());
+        work_queue.pop();
+        event_cv.notify_all();
+        return true;
+    }};
+
+    while (!stop_token.stop_requested()) {
+        std::unique_ptr<CommandChunk> work;
+
+        {
+            std::unique_lock lk{queue_mutex};
+
+            // Wait for work.
+            Common::CondvarWait(event_cv, lk, stop_token, [&] { return TryPopQueue(work); });
+
+            // If we've been asked to stop, we're done.
+            if (stop_token.stop_requested()) {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            // Exchange lock ownership so that we take the execution lock before
+            // the queue lock goes out of scope. This allows us to force execution
+            // to complete in the next step.
+            std::exchange(lk, std::unique_lock{execution_mutex});
+
+            // Perform the work, tracking whether the chunk was a submission
+            // before executing.
+            const bool has_submit = work->HasSubmit();
             work->ExecuteAll(current_cmdbuf);
+
+            // If the chunk was a submission, reallocate the command buffer.
+            if (has_submit) {
+                AllocateWorkerCommandBuffers();
+            }
         }
-        if (has_submit) {
-            AllocateWorkerCommandBuffers();
+
+        {
+            std::scoped_lock rl{reserve_mutex};
+
+            // Recycle the chunk back to the reserve.
+            chunk_reserve.emplace_back(std::move(work));
         }
-        std::scoped_lock reserve_lock{reserve_mutex};
-        chunk_reserve.push_back(std::move(work));
-    } while (!stop_token.stop_requested());
+    }
 }
 
 void Scheduler::AllocateWorkerCommandBuffers() {
diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_scheduler.h b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_scheduler.h
index fb4473c52..4743c8a9c 100644
--- a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_scheduler.h
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_scheduler.h
@@ -207,11 +207,10 @@ private:
     std::vector<std::unique_ptr<CommandChunk>> chunk_reserve;
     vk::CommandBuffer current_cmdbuf;
     StateFlags state{};
+    std::mutex execution_mutex;
     std::mutex reserve_mutex;
-    std::mutex work_mutex;
     std::mutex queue_mutex;
-    std::condition_variable_any work_cv;
-    std::condition_variable wait_cv;
+    std::condition_variable_any event_cv;
     std::jthread worker_thread;
     bool use_worker_thread;
 };