diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKAsyncScheduler.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKAsyncScheduler.cpp
index 87eb55b3f7..69e8b4509f 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKAsyncScheduler.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKAsyncScheduler.cpp
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ namespace vk
 		return std::exchange(m_sync_label, nullptr);
 	}
 
-	void AsyncTaskScheduler::flush(VkSemaphore wait_semaphore, VkPipelineStageFlags wait_dst_stage_mask)
+	void AsyncTaskScheduler::flush(VkBool32 force_flush, VkSemaphore wait_semaphore, VkPipelineStageFlags wait_dst_stage_mask)
 	{
 		if (!m_current_cb)
 		{
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ namespace vk
 		}
 
 		m_current_cb->end();
-		m_current_cb->submit(get_current_renderer()->get_transfer_queue(), wait_semaphore, VK_NULL_HANDLE, nullptr, wait_dst_stage_mask, VK_FALSE);
+		m_current_cb->submit(get_current_renderer()->get_transfer_queue(), wait_semaphore, VK_NULL_HANDLE, nullptr, wait_dst_stage_mask, force_flush);
 
 		m_last_used_cb = m_current_cb;
 		m_current_cb = nullptr;
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKAsyncScheduler.h b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKAsyncScheduler.h
index 6a77d723d8..e01cff797c 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKAsyncScheduler.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKAsyncScheduler.h
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ namespace vk
 		command_buffer* get_current();
 		event* get_primary_sync_label();
 
-		void flush(VkSemaphore wait_semaphore = VK_NULL_HANDLE, VkPipelineStageFlags wait_dst_stage_mask = VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_TOP_OF_PIPE_BIT);
+		void flush(VkBool32 force_flush, VkSemaphore wait_semaphore = VK_NULL_HANDLE, VkPipelineStageFlags wait_dst_stage_mask = VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_TOP_OF_PIPE_BIT);
 		void kill();
 
 		// Thread entry-point
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKDMA.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKDMA.cpp
index 7570bb902b..18f1127639 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKDMA.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKDMA.cpp
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ namespace vk
 		if (vendor == driver_vendor::NVIDIA)
 		{
 			allow_host_buffers = (chip != chip_class::NV_mobile_kepler) ?
-				rsx::get_location(base_address) == CELL_GCM_LOCATION_LOCAL :
+				test_host_pointer(base_address, expected_length) :
 				false;
 		}
 		else
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKGSRender.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKGSRender.cpp
index b84b30fe44..06ac388f8a 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKGSRender.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKGSRender.cpp
@@ -1939,7 +1939,7 @@ void VKGSRender::close_and_submit_command_buffer(vk::fence* pFence, VkSemaphore
 	const VkBool32 force_flush = !sync_success;
 
 	// Flush any asynchronously scheduled jobs
-	g_fxo->get<vk::async_scheduler_thread>()->flush();
+	g_fxo->get<vk::async_scheduler_thread>()->flush(force_flush);
 
 	if (vk::test_status_interrupt(vk::heap_dirty))
 	{
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKTextureCache.h b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKTextureCache.h
index 15cb9e77e5..b64680671a 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKTextureCache.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKTextureCache.h
@@ -936,7 +936,7 @@ namespace vk
 			}
 
 			vk::upload_image(cmd, image, subresource_layout, gcm_format, input_swizzled, mipmaps, image->aspect(),
-				*m_texture_upload_heap, upload_heap_align_default, initialize_image_layout | upload_contents_inline);
+				*m_texture_upload_heap, upload_heap_align_default, initialize_image_layout | upload_contents_async);
 
 			vk::leave_uninterruptible();
 
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/vkutils/image.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/vkutils/image.cpp
index 0cd9c8c9c8..5360bbd9c5 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/vkutils/image.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/vkutils/image.cpp
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ namespace vk
 		u32 dst_queue = new_queue_family;
 
 		if (current_queue_family == VK_QUEUE_FAMILY_IGNORED)
-		 {
+		{
 			// Implicit acquisition
 			dst_queue = VK_QUEUE_FAMILY_IGNORED;
 		}