diff --git a/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_rendertext.cpp b/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_rendertext.cpp
index 7acc99ba8..66b681ee1 100644
--- a/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_rendertext.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_rendertext.cpp
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ VulkanTextRenderer::VulkanTextRenderer(WrappedVulkan *driver)
   m_TextStringUBO.FillDescriptor(bufInfo[2]);
 
   VkDescriptorImageInfo atlasImInfo;
-  atlasImInfo.imageLayout = VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_GENERAL;
+  atlasImInfo.imageLayout = VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_SHADER_READ_ONLY_OPTIMAL;
   atlasImInfo.imageView = Unwrap(m_TextAtlasView);
   atlasImInfo.sampler = Unwrap(m_LinearSampler);