diff --git a/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_common.cpp b/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_common.cpp
index 34afc97f9..1546808e2 100644
--- a/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_common.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_common.cpp
@@ -924,7 +924,8 @@ void DescriptorSetBindingElement::AddBindRefs(VkResourceRecord *record, FrameRef
   if(texelBufferView != VK_NULL_HANDLE)
   {
     VkResourceRecord *bufView = GetRecord(texelBufferView);
-    record->AddBindFrameRef(bufView->GetResourceID(), eFrameRef_Read, bufView->resInfo != NULL);
+    record->AddBindFrameRef(bufView->GetResourceID(), eFrameRef_Read,
+                            bufView->resInfo && bufView->resInfo->IsSparse());
     if(bufView->baseResource != ResourceId())
       record->AddBindFrameRef(bufView->baseResource, eFrameRef_Read);
     if(bufView->baseResourceMem != ResourceId())
@@ -945,7 +946,8 @@ void DescriptorSetBindingElement::AddBindRefs(VkResourceRecord *record, FrameRef
   if(bufferInfo.buffer != VK_NULL_HANDLE)
   {
     VkResourceRecord *buf = GetRecord(bufferInfo.buffer);
-    record->AddBindFrameRef(GetResID(bufferInfo.buffer), eFrameRef_Read, buf->resInfo != NULL);
+    record->AddBindFrameRef(GetResID(bufferInfo.buffer), eFrameRef_Read,
+                            buf->resInfo && buf->resInfo->IsSparse());
     if(buf->baseResource != ResourceId())
       record->AddMemFrameRef(buf->baseResource, buf->memOffset, buf->memSize, ref);
   }
diff --git a/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_resources.cpp b/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_resources.cpp
index 519133a5d..687ac97aa 100644
--- a/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_resources.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/vk_resources.cpp
@@ -3069,7 +3069,7 @@ void VkResourceRecord::MarkBufferFrameReferenced(VkResourceRecord *buf, VkDevice
   {
     size = buf->memSize;
   }
-  if(buf->resInfo)
+  if(buf->resInfo && buf->resInfo->IsSparse())
     cmdInfo->sparse.insert(buf->resInfo);
   if(buf->baseResource != ResourceId())
     MarkMemoryFrameReferenced(buf->baseResource, buf->memOffset + offset, size, refType);
@@ -3179,7 +3179,7 @@ void VkResourceRecord::MarkBufferViewFrameReferenced(VkResourceRecord *bufView,
   if(bufView->baseResource != ResourceId())
     MarkResourceFrameReferenced(bufView->baseResource, eFrameRef_Read);
 
-  if(bufView->resInfo)
+  if(bufView->resInfo && bufView->resInfo->IsSparse())
     cmdInfo->sparse.insert(bufView->resInfo);
   if(bufView->baseResourceMem != ResourceId())
     MarkMemoryFrameReferenced(bufView->baseResourceMem, bufView->memOffset, bufView->memSize,
diff --git a/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/wrappers/vk_cmd_funcs.cpp b/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/wrappers/vk_cmd_funcs.cpp
index 8e217122b..2a2fe05f5 100644
--- a/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/wrappers/vk_cmd_funcs.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/wrappers/vk_cmd_funcs.cpp
@@ -1597,7 +1597,7 @@ void WrappedVulkan::vkCmdBeginRenderPass2KHR(VkCommandBuffer commandBuffer,
       record->MarkResourceFrameReferenced(att->baseResource, eFrameRef_ReadBeforeWrite);
       if(att->baseResourceMem != ResourceId())
         record->MarkResourceFrameReferenced(att->baseResourceMem, eFrameRef_Read);
-      if(att->resInfo)
+      if(att->resInfo && att->resInfo->IsSparse())
         record->cmdInfo->sparse.insert(att->resInfo);
       record->cmdInfo->dirtied.insert(att->baseResource);
     }
diff --git a/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/wrappers/vk_draw_funcs.cpp b/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/wrappers/vk_draw_funcs.cpp
index f19707d12..eaf080ee3 100644
--- a/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/wrappers/vk_draw_funcs.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/driver/vulkan/wrappers/vk_draw_funcs.cpp
@@ -2099,8 +2099,9 @@ void WrappedVulkan::vkCmdClearColorImage(VkCommandBuffer commandBuffer, VkImage
     record->MarkResourceFrameReferenced(GetResID(image), eFrameRef_PartialWrite);
     record->MarkResourceFrameReferenced(GetRecord(image)->baseResource, eFrameRef_Read);
     record->cmdInfo->dirtied.insert(GetResID(image));
-    if(GetRecord(image)->resInfo)
-      record->cmdInfo->sparse.insert(GetRecord(image)->resInfo);
+    VkResourceRecord *imageRecord = GetRecord(image);
+    if(imageRecord->resInfo && imageRecord->resInfo->IsSparse())
+      record->cmdInfo->sparse.insert(imageRecord->resInfo);
   }
 }
 
@@ -2207,8 +2208,9 @@ void WrappedVulkan::vkCmdClearDepthStencilImage(VkCommandBuffer commandBuffer, V
     record->MarkResourceFrameReferenced(GetResID(image), eFrameRef_PartialWrite);
     record->MarkResourceFrameReferenced(GetRecord(image)->baseResource, eFrameRef_Read);
     record->cmdInfo->dirtied.insert(GetResID(image));
-    if(GetRecord(image)->resInfo)
-      record->cmdInfo->sparse.insert(GetRecord(image)->resInfo);
+    VkResourceRecord *imageRecord = GetRecord(image);
+    if(imageRecord->resInfo && imageRecord->resInfo->IsSparse())
+      record->cmdInfo->sparse.insert(imageRecord->resInfo);
   }
 }