diff --git a/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_manager.h b/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_manager.h
index db282d83a..4046b4d9f 100644
--- a/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_manager.h
+++ b/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_manager.h
@@ -141,7 +141,40 @@ class VulkanResourceManager : public ResourceManager<WrappedVkRes*, TypedRealHan
 			ResourceManager::MarkCleanResource(id);
 			ResourceManager::RemoveWrapper(ToTypedHandle(Unwrap(obj)));
 			ResourceManager::ReleaseCurrentResource(id);
-			if(GetRecord(obj)) GetRecord(obj)->Delete(this);
+			VkResourceRecord *record = GetRecord(obj);
+			if(record)
+			{
+				// we need to lock here because the app could be creating
+				// and deleting from this pool at the same time. We do know
+				// though that the pool isn't going to be destroyed while
+				// either allocation or freeing happens, so we only need to
+				// lock against concurrent allocs or deletes of children.
+
+				if(record->pool)
+				{
+					// here we lock against concurrent alloc/delete
+					record->pool->LockChunks();
+					for(auto it = record->pool->pooledChildren.begin(); it != record->pool->pooledChildren.end(); ++it)
+					{
+						if(*it == record)
+						{
+							// remove it from our pool so we don't try and destroy it
+							record->pool->pooledChildren.erase(it);
+							break;
+						}
+					}
+					record->pool->UnlockChunks();
+				}
+				else if(record->pooledChildren.size())
+				{
+					// delete all of our children
+					for(auto it = record->pooledChildren.begin(); it != record->pooledChildren.end(); ++it)
+						(*it)->Delete(this);
+					record->pooledChildren.clear();
+				}
+				
+				record->Delete(this);
+			}
 			if(clearID)
 			{
 				// note the nulling of the wrapped object's ID here is rather unpleasant,
diff --git a/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_resources.h b/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_resources.h
index a0c7c7ad3..4bf224432 100644
--- a/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_resources.h
+++ b/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_resources.h
@@ -557,6 +557,7 @@ struct VkResourceRecord : public ResourceRecord
 		VkResourceRecord(ResourceId id) :
 			ResourceRecord(id, true),
 			bakedCommands(NULL),
+			pool(NULL),
 			memory(NULL)
 		{
 		}
@@ -641,6 +642,11 @@ struct VkResourceRecord : public ResourceRecord
 		// queues associated with this instance, so they can be shut down on destruction
 		vector<VkQueue> queues;
 
+		// pointer to either the pool this item is allocated from, or the children allocated
+		// from this pool. Protected by the chunk lock 
+		VkResourceRecord *pool;
+		vector<VkResourceRecord *> pooledChildren;
+
 		// descriptor set bindings for this descriptor set. Filled out on
 		// create from the layout.
 		ResourceId layout;
diff --git a/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/wrappers/vk_descriptor_funcs.cpp b/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/wrappers/vk_descriptor_funcs.cpp
index 975a128fe..95c3a3cb8 100644
--- a/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/wrappers/vk_descriptor_funcs.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/wrappers/vk_descriptor_funcs.cpp
@@ -269,7 +269,17 @@ VkResult WrappedVulkan::vkAllocDescriptorSets(
 
 			ResourceId layoutID = GetResID(pSetLayouts[i]);
 
-			record->AddParent(GetRecord(descriptorPool));
+			VkResourceRecord *poolrecord = GetRecord(descriptorPool);
+
+			{
+				poolrecord->LockChunks();
+				poolrecord->pooledChildren.push_back(record);
+				poolrecord->UnlockChunks();
+			}
+
+			record->pool = poolrecord;
+
+			record->AddParent(poolrecord);
 			record->AddParent(GetResourceManager()->GetResourceRecord(layoutID));
 
 			// just always treat descriptor sets as dirty