diff --git a/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_rendertexture.cpp b/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_rendertexture.cpp
index 7c5bba729..65a894155 100644
--- a/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_rendertexture.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_rendertexture.cpp
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@ bool VulkanReplay::RenderTextureInternal(TextureDisplay cfg, VkRenderPassBeginIn
   const bool f32render = (flags & eTexDisplay_32Render) != 0;
 
   VkDevice dev = m_pDriver->GetDev();
-  VkCommandBuffer cmd = m_pDriver->GetNextCmd();
   const VkDevDispatchTable *vt = ObjDisp(dev);
 
   ImageLayouts &layouts = m_pDriver->m_ImageLayouts[cfg.resourceId];
@@ -477,6 +476,8 @@ bool VulkanReplay::RenderTextureInternal(TextureDisplay cfg, VkRenderPassBeginIn
 
   vt->UpdateDescriptorSets(Unwrap(dev), (uint32_t)writeSets.size(), &writeSets[0], 0, NULL);
 
+  VkCommandBuffer cmd = m_pDriver->GetNextCmd();
+
   VkCommandBufferBeginInfo beginInfo = {VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_COMMAND_BUFFER_BEGIN_INFO, NULL,
                                         VK_COMMAND_BUFFER_USAGE_ONE_TIME_SUBMIT_BIT};
 
diff --git a/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_replay.cpp b/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_replay.cpp
index bbd8671b8..bad19299a 100644
--- a/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_replay.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_replay.cpp
@@ -2157,7 +2157,6 @@ bool VulkanReplay::GetMinMax(ResourceId texid, const Subresource &sub, CompType
                              bool stencil, float *minval, float *maxval)
 {
   VkDevice dev = m_pDriver->GetDev();
-  VkCommandBuffer cmd = m_pDriver->GetNextCmd();
   const VkDevDispatchTable *vt = ObjDisp(dev);
 
   ImageLayouts &layouts = m_pDriver->m_ImageLayouts[texid];
@@ -2353,6 +2352,8 @@ bool VulkanReplay::GetMinMax(ResourceId texid, const Subresource &sub, CompType
   VkCommandBufferBeginInfo beginInfo = {VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_COMMAND_BUFFER_BEGIN_INFO, NULL,
                                         VK_COMMAND_BUFFER_USAGE_ONE_TIME_SUBMIT_BIT};
 
+  VkCommandBuffer cmd = m_pDriver->GetNextCmd();
+
   vt->BeginCommandBuffer(Unwrap(cmd), &beginInfo);
 
   DoPipelineBarrier(cmd, setupBarriers.size(), setupBarriers.data());
@@ -2451,7 +2452,6 @@ bool VulkanReplay::GetHistogram(ResourceId texid, const Subresource &sub, CompTy
     return false;
 
   VkDevice dev = m_pDriver->GetDev();
-  VkCommandBuffer cmd = m_pDriver->GetNextCmd();
   const VkDevDispatchTable *vt = ObjDisp(dev);
 
   ImageLayouts &layouts = m_pDriver->m_ImageLayouts[texid];
@@ -2656,6 +2656,8 @@ bool VulkanReplay::GetHistogram(ResourceId texid, const Subresource &sub, CompTy
   VkCommandBufferBeginInfo beginInfo = {VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_COMMAND_BUFFER_BEGIN_INFO, NULL,
                                         VK_COMMAND_BUFFER_USAGE_ONE_TIME_SUBMIT_BIT};
 
+  VkCommandBuffer cmd = m_pDriver->GetNextCmd();
+
   vt->BeginCommandBuffer(Unwrap(cmd), &beginInfo);
 
   rdcarray<VkImageMemoryBarrier> setupBarriers, cleanupBarriers;