diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/WorkQueueThread.h b/Source/Core/Common/WorkQueueThread.h
index be3c3198d4..be723299b2 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Common/WorkQueueThread.h
+++ b/Source/Core/Common/WorkQueueThread.h
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ public:
     if (m_idle && !m_cancelling.load())
       return;
 
-    m_wait_cond_var.wait(lg, [&] { return m_idle && m_cancelling.load(); });
+    m_wait_cond_var.wait(lg, [&] { return m_idle && !m_cancelling; });
   }
 
   // If the worker polls IsCanceling(), it can abort its work when Cancelling
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Vulkan/CommandBufferManager.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Vulkan/CommandBufferManager.cpp
index 80bbd7e5b5..be02034f67 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Vulkan/CommandBufferManager.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Vulkan/CommandBufferManager.cpp
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ CommandBufferManager::~CommandBufferManager()
   if (m_use_threaded_submission)
   {
     WaitForWorkerThreadIdle();
-    m_submit_loop->Stop();
-    m_submit_thread.join();
+    m_submit_thread.Shutdown();
   }
 
   DestroyCommandBuffers();
@@ -221,40 +220,11 @@ VkDescriptorSet CommandBufferManager::AllocateDescriptorSet(VkDescriptorSetLayou
 
 bool CommandBufferManager::CreateSubmitThread()
 {
-  m_submit_loop = std::make_unique<Common::BlockingLoop>();
-  m_submit_thread = std::thread([this]() {
-    Common::SetCurrentThreadName("Vulkan CommandBufferManager SubmitThread");
-
-    m_submit_loop->Run([this]() {
-      PendingCommandBufferSubmit submit;
-      {
-        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard(m_pending_submit_lock);
-        if (m_pending_submits.empty())
-        {
-          m_submit_loop->AllowSleep();
-          m_submit_worker_idle = true;
-          m_submit_worker_condvar.notify_all();
-          return;
-        }
-
-        submit = m_pending_submits.front();
-        m_pending_submits.pop_front();
-      }
-
-      SubmitCommandBuffer(submit.command_buffer_index, submit.present_swap_chain,
-                          submit.present_image_index);
-      CmdBufferResources& resources = m_command_buffers[submit.command_buffer_index];
-      resources.waiting_for_submit.store(false, std::memory_order_release);
-
-      {
-        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard(m_pending_submit_lock);
-        if (m_pending_submits.empty())
-        {
-          m_submit_worker_idle = true;
-          m_submit_worker_condvar.notify_all();
-        }
-      }
-    });
+  m_submit_thread.Reset("VK submission thread", [this](PendingCommandBufferSubmit submit) {
+    SubmitCommandBuffer(submit.command_buffer_index, submit.present_swap_chain,
+                        submit.present_image_index);
+    CmdBufferResources& resources = m_command_buffers[submit.command_buffer_index];
+    resources.waiting_for_submit.store(false, std::memory_order_release);
   });
 
   return true;
@@ -265,8 +235,7 @@ void CommandBufferManager::WaitForWorkerThreadIdle()
   if (!m_use_threaded_submission)
     return;
 
-  std::unique_lock lock{m_pending_submit_lock};
-  m_submit_worker_condvar.wait(lock, [&] { return m_submit_worker_idle; });
+  m_submit_thread.WaitForCompletion();
 }
 
 void CommandBufferManager::WaitForFenceCounter(u64 fence_counter)
@@ -352,14 +321,7 @@ void CommandBufferManager::SubmitCommandBuffer(bool submit_on_worker_thread,
   {
     resources.waiting_for_submit.store(true, std::memory_order_relaxed);
     // Push to the pending submit queue.
-    {
-      std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard(m_pending_submit_lock);
-      m_submit_worker_idle = false;
-      m_pending_submits.push_back({present_swap_chain, present_image_index, m_current_cmd_buffer});
-    }
-
-    // Wake up the worker thread for a single iteration.
-    m_submit_loop->Wakeup();
+    m_submit_thread.Push({present_swap_chain, present_image_index, m_current_cmd_buffer});
   }
   else
   {
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Vulkan/CommandBufferManager.h b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Vulkan/CommandBufferManager.h
index 7b4772760a..0249097423 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Vulkan/CommandBufferManager.h
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Vulkan/CommandBufferManager.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <utility>
 #include <vector>
 
+#include <Common/WorkQueueThread.h>
 #include "Common/BlockingLoop.h"
 #include "Common/Flag.h"
 #include "Common/Semaphore.h"
@@ -146,19 +147,14 @@ private:
   u32 m_current_cmd_buffer = 0;
 
   // Threaded command buffer execution
-  std::thread m_submit_thread;
-  std::unique_ptr<Common::BlockingLoop> m_submit_loop;
   struct PendingCommandBufferSubmit
   {
     VkSwapchainKHR present_swap_chain;
     u32 present_image_index;
     u32 command_buffer_index;
   };
+  Common::WorkQueueThread<PendingCommandBufferSubmit> m_submit_thread;
   VkSemaphore m_present_semaphore = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
-  std::deque<PendingCommandBufferSubmit> m_pending_submits;
-  std::mutex m_pending_submit_lock;
-  std::condition_variable m_submit_worker_condvar;
-  bool m_submit_worker_idle = true;
   Common::Flag m_last_present_failed;
   Common::Flag m_last_present_done;
   VkResult m_last_present_result = VK_SUCCESS;