diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKHelpers.h b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKHelpers.h
index 319c77df4c..966a22e382 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKHelpers.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKHelpers.h
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ namespace vk
 	//Other texture management helpers
 	void copy_image_to_buffer(VkCommandBuffer cmd, const vk::image* src, const vk::buffer* dst, const VkBufferImageCopy& region, bool swap_bytes = false);
 	void copy_buffer_to_image(VkCommandBuffer cmd, const vk::buffer* src, const vk::image* dst, const VkBufferImageCopy& region);
+	u64  calculate_working_buffer_size(u64 base_size, VkImageAspectFlags aspect);
 
 	void copy_image_typeless(const command_buffer &cmd, image *src, image *dst, const areai& src_rect, const areai& dst_rect,
 		u32 mipmaps, VkImageAspectFlags src_transfer_mask = 0xFF, VkImageAspectFlags dst_transfer_mask = 0xFF);
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKTexture.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKTexture.cpp
index 40609007af..d8eddfd9a1 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKTexture.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKTexture.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,22 @@ namespace vk
 		}
 	}
 
+	u64 calculate_working_buffer_size(u64 base_size, VkImageAspectFlags aspect)
+	{
+		if (aspect & VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_STENCIL_BIT)
+		{
+			return (base_size * 9) / 4;
+		}
+		else if (aspect & VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_DEPTH_BIT)
+		{
+			return base_size * 2;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return base_size;
+		}
+	}
+
 	void copy_image_to_buffer(VkCommandBuffer cmd, const vk::image* src, const vk::buffer* dst, const VkBufferImageCopy& region, bool swap_bytes)
 	{
 		// Always validate
@@ -328,15 +344,7 @@ namespace vk
 
 		const auto src_texel_size = vk::get_format_texel_width(src->info.format);
 		const auto src_length = src_texel_size * src_copy.imageExtent.width * src_copy.imageExtent.height;
-		u32 min_scratch_size = src_length;
-
-		// Check for DS manipulation which will affect scratch memory requirements
-		if (const VkFlags combined_aspect =  src->aspect() | dst->aspect();
-			(combined_aspect & VK_IMAGE_ASPECT_STENCIL_BIT) != 0)
-		{
-			// At least one depth-stencil merge/extract required; requirements change to 2(w*h*bpp) + (w*h)
-			min_scratch_size = (src_length * 2) + (src_length / src_texel_size);
-		}
+		const auto min_scratch_size = calculate_working_buffer_size(src_length, src->aspect() | dst->aspect());
 
 		// Initialize scratch memory
 		auto scratch_buf = vk::get_scratch_buffer(min_scratch_size);
@@ -977,6 +985,12 @@ namespace vk
 						scratch_buf_size += scratch_buf_size;
 					}
 
+					if (requires_depth_processing)
+					{
+						// D-S aspect requires a load section that can fit a separated block => D(4) + S(1)
+						scratch_buf_size += dst_image->width() * dst_image->height() * 5;
+					}
+
 					scratch_buf = vk::get_scratch_buffer(scratch_buf_size);
 					buffer_copies.reserve(subresource_layout.size());
 				}
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKTextureCache.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKTextureCache.cpp
index eb3d187696..ac3a13ce5f 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKTextureCache.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKTextureCache.cpp
@@ -43,8 +43,9 @@ namespace vk
 			const auto section_length = valid_range.length();
 			const auto transfer_pitch = real_pitch;
 			const auto task_length = transfer_pitch * src_area.height();
+			const auto working_buffer_length = calculate_working_buffer_size(task_length, src->aspect());
 
-			auto working_buffer = vk::get_scratch_buffer(task_length);
+			auto working_buffer = vk::get_scratch_buffer(working_buffer_length);
 			auto final_mapping = vk::map_dma(valid_range.start, section_length);
 
 			VkBufferImageCopy region = {};
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/vkutils/scratch.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/vkutils/scratch.cpp
index 67ee2c748f..1401aa2d66 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/vkutils/scratch.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/vkutils/scratch.cpp
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ namespace vk
 		return ptr.get();
 	}
 
-	vk::buffer* get_scratch_buffer(u32 min_required_size)
+	vk::buffer* get_scratch_buffer(u64 min_required_size)
 	{
 		auto& scratch_buffer = g_scratch_buffers_pool[0 /*TODO: Replace with Queue Family ID*/].get_buf();
 
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/vkutils/scratch.h b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/vkutils/scratch.h
index 50053b9cff..39a00604b4 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/vkutils/scratch.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/vkutils/scratch.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ namespace vk
 	VkSampler null_sampler();
 	image_view* null_image_view(command_buffer&, VkImageViewType type);
 	image* get_typeless_helper(VkFormat format, rsx::format_class format_class, u32 requested_width, u32 requested_height);
-	buffer* get_scratch_buffer(u32 min_required_size);
+	buffer* get_scratch_buffer(u64 min_required_size);
 
 	void clear_scratch_resources();
 }