diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D12/D3D12BoundingBox.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D12/D3D12BoundingBox.cpp
index 75b3f6064a..4eec9f2e22 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D12/D3D12BoundingBox.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D12/D3D12BoundingBox.cpp
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ bool D3D12BoundingBox::CreateBuffers()
                                      D3D12_RESOURCE_FLAG_ALLOW_UNORDERED_ACCESS};
 
   HRESULT hr = g_dx_context->GetDevice()->CreateCommittedResource(
-      &gpu_heap_properties, D3D12_HEAP_FLAG_NONE, &buffer_desc,
-      D3D12_RESOURCE_STATE_UNORDERED_ACCESS, nullptr, IID_PPV_ARGS(&m_gpu_buffer));
+      &gpu_heap_properties, D3D12_HEAP_FLAG_NONE, &buffer_desc, D3D12_RESOURCE_STATE_COMMON,
+      nullptr, IID_PPV_ARGS(&m_gpu_buffer));
   ASSERT_MSG(VIDEO, SUCCEEDED(hr), "Creating bounding box GPU buffer failed: {}", DX12HRWrap(hr));
   if (FAILED(hr) || !g_dx_context->GetDescriptorHeapManager().Allocate(&m_gpu_descriptor))
     return false;
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D12/D3D12Renderer.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D12/D3D12Renderer.cpp
index fc76f8e6f2..f4ef717c07 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D12/D3D12Renderer.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D12/D3D12Renderer.cpp
@@ -236,18 +236,20 @@ void Renderer::SetFramebuffer(AbstractFramebuffer* framebuffer)
 
 void Renderer::SetAndDiscardFramebuffer(AbstractFramebuffer* framebuffer)
 {
-  BindFramebuffer(static_cast<DXFramebuffer*>(framebuffer));
+  SetFramebuffer(framebuffer);
 
   static const D3D12_DISCARD_REGION dr = {0, nullptr, 0, 1};
   if (framebuffer->HasColorBuffer())
   {
-    g_dx_context->GetCommandList()->DiscardResource(
-        static_cast<DXTexture*>(framebuffer->GetColorAttachment())->GetResource(), &dr);
+    DXTexture* color_attachment = static_cast<DXTexture*>(framebuffer->GetColorAttachment());
+    color_attachment->TransitionToState(D3D12_RESOURCE_STATE_RENDER_TARGET);
+    g_dx_context->GetCommandList()->DiscardResource(color_attachment->GetResource(), &dr);
   }
   if (framebuffer->HasDepthBuffer())
   {
-    g_dx_context->GetCommandList()->DiscardResource(
-        static_cast<DXTexture*>(framebuffer->GetDepthAttachment())->GetResource(), &dr);
+    DXTexture* depth_attachment = static_cast<DXTexture*>(framebuffer->GetDepthAttachment());
+    depth_attachment->TransitionToState(D3D12_RESOURCE_STATE_DEPTH_WRITE);
+    g_dx_context->GetCommandList()->DiscardResource(depth_attachment->GetResource(), &dr);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D12/DescriptorHeapManager.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D12/DescriptorHeapManager.cpp
index 97d0c8ce2e..9827057626 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D12/DescriptorHeapManager.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D12/DescriptorHeapManager.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ bool DescriptorHeapManager::Create(ID3D12Device* device, D3D12_DESCRIPTOR_HEAP_T
     return false;
 
   m_heap_base_cpu = m_descriptor_heap->GetCPUDescriptorHandleForHeapStart();
-  m_heap_base_gpu = m_descriptor_heap->GetGPUDescriptorHandleForHeapStart();
   m_num_descriptors = num_descriptors;
   m_descriptor_increment_size = device->GetDescriptorHandleIncrementSize(type);
 
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ bool DescriptorHeapManager::Allocate(DescriptorHandle* handle)
 
     handle->index = index;
     handle->cpu_handle.ptr = m_heap_base_cpu.ptr + index * m_descriptor_increment_size;
-    handle->gpu_handle.ptr = m_heap_base_gpu.ptr + index * m_descriptor_increment_size;
+    handle->gpu_handle.ptr = 0;
     return true;
   }
 
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D12/DescriptorHeapManager.h b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D12/DescriptorHeapManager.h
index 7ff42c8e5b..c7c00d518f 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D12/DescriptorHeapManager.h
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D12/DescriptorHeapManager.h
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ private:
   u32 m_descriptor_increment_size = 0;
 
   D3D12_CPU_DESCRIPTOR_HANDLE m_heap_base_cpu = {};
-  D3D12_GPU_DESCRIPTOR_HANDLE m_heap_base_gpu = {};
 
   static constexpr u32 BITSET_SIZE = 1024;
   using BitSetType = std::bitset<BITSET_SIZE>;