diff --git a/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_manager.cpp b/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_manager.cpp
index b5a314d3b..7eb9bc103 100644
--- a/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_manager.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_manager.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ void Serialiser::Serialise(const char *name, ImageRegionState &el)
 
 bool VulkanResourceManager::SerialisableResource(ResourceId id, VkResourceRecord *record)
 {
-	if(id == m_Core->GetContextResourceID())
+	if(record->SpecialResource || id == m_Core->GetContextResourceID())
 		return false;
 	return true;
 }
diff --git a/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/wrappers/vk_cmd_funcs.cpp b/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/wrappers/vk_cmd_funcs.cpp
index b519f68d9..9ccfb64a6 100644
--- a/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/wrappers/vk_cmd_funcs.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/wrappers/vk_cmd_funcs.cpp
@@ -450,6 +450,7 @@ VkResult WrappedVulkan::vkBeginCommandBuffer(
 			record->bakedCommands->Delete(GetResourceManager());
 
 		record->bakedCommands = GetResourceManager()->AddResourceRecord(ResourceIDGen::GetNewUniqueID());
+		record->bakedCommands->SpecialResource = true;
 		record->bakedCommands->Resource = (WrappedVkRes *)commandBuffer;
 		record->bakedCommands->cmdInfo = new CmdBufferRecordingInfo();