diff --git a/common/Vulkan/StreamBuffer.cpp b/common/Vulkan/StreamBuffer.cpp
index 939932dac0..b17508ca0e 100644
--- a/common/Vulkan/StreamBuffer.cpp
+++ b/common/Vulkan/StreamBuffer.cpp
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ namespace Vulkan
 		VmaAllocationCreateInfo aci = {};
 		aci.flags = VMA_ALLOCATION_CREATE_MAPPED_BIT;
 		aci.usage = VMA_MEMORY_USAGE_CPU_TO_GPU;
+		aci.preferredFlags = VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_COHERENT_BIT;
 
 		VmaAllocationInfo ai = {};
 		VkBuffer new_buffer = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
diff --git a/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/Vulkan/GSDeviceVK.cpp b/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/Vulkan/GSDeviceVK.cpp
index 655339b21e..581cd5bb0b 100644
--- a/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/Vulkan/GSDeviceVK.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/Vulkan/GSDeviceVK.cpp
@@ -1617,6 +1617,7 @@ bool GSDeviceVK::CheckStagingBufferSize(u32 required_size)
 	VmaAllocationCreateInfo aci = {};
 	aci.usage = VMA_MEMORY_USAGE_GPU_TO_CPU;
 	aci.flags = VMA_ALLOCATION_CREATE_MAPPED_BIT;
+	aci.preferredFlags = VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_CACHED_BIT;
 
 	VmaAllocationInfo ai = {};
 	VkResult res = vmaCreateBuffer(