diff --git a/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_initstate.cpp b/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_initstate.cpp
index cf5079c8a..ce420481f 100644
--- a/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_initstate.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_initstate.cpp
@@ -495,6 +495,17 @@ void WrappedVulkan::Apply_InitialState(WrappedVkRes *live, VulkanResourceManager
 
 		ObjDisp(cmd)->CmdCopyBuffer(Unwrap(cmd), Unwrap(srcBuf), dstBuf, 1, &region);
 	
+		// add memory barrier to ensure this copy completes before any subsequent work
+		VkMemoryBarrier memBarrier = {
+			VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_MEMORY_BARRIER, NULL,
+			VK_MEMORY_OUTPUT_TRANSFER_BIT | VK_MEMORY_OUTPUT_HOST_WRITE_BIT,
+			VK_MEMORY_INPUT_HOST_READ_BIT | VK_MEMORY_INPUT_UNIFORM_READ_BIT | VK_MEMORY_INPUT_SHADER_READ_BIT | VK_MEMORY_INPUT_INPUT_ATTACHMENT_BIT | VK_MEMORY_INPUT_TRANSFER_BIT,
+		};
+
+		void *barrier = (void *)&memBarrier;
+
+		ObjDisp(cmd)->CmdPipelineBarrier(Unwrap(cmd), VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_TOP_OF_PIPE_BIT, VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_TOP_OF_PIPE_BIT, false, 1, &barrier);
+
 		vkr = ObjDisp(cmd)->EndCommandBuffer(Unwrap(cmd));
 		RDCASSERT(vkr == VK_SUCCESS);