diff --git a/hw/xbox/nv2a/pgraph/vk/draw.c b/hw/xbox/nv2a/pgraph/vk/draw.c
index ab3ff19f17..1fa5fba82c 100644
--- a/hw/xbox/nv2a/pgraph/vk/draw.c
+++ b/hw/xbox/nv2a/pgraph/vk/draw.c
@@ -746,6 +746,13 @@ static void create_pipeline(PGRAPHState *pg)
     int num_active_shader_stages = 0;
     VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo shader_stages[3];
 
+    shader_stages[num_active_shader_stages++] =
+        (VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo){
+            .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PIPELINE_SHADER_STAGE_CREATE_INFO,
+            .stage = VK_SHADER_STAGE_VERTEX_BIT,
+            .module = r->shader_binding->vertex->module,
+            .pName = "main",
+        };
     if (r->shader_binding->geometry) {
         shader_stages[num_active_shader_stages++] =
             (VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo){
@@ -755,20 +762,15 @@ static void create_pipeline(PGRAPHState *pg)
                 .pName = "main",
             };
     }
-    shader_stages[num_active_shader_stages++] =
-        (VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo){
-            .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PIPELINE_SHADER_STAGE_CREATE_INFO,
-            .stage = VK_SHADER_STAGE_VERTEX_BIT,
-            .module = r->shader_binding->vertex->module,
-            .pName = "main",
-        };
-    shader_stages[num_active_shader_stages++] =
-        (VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo){
-            .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PIPELINE_SHADER_STAGE_CREATE_INFO,
-            .stage = VK_SHADER_STAGE_FRAGMENT_BIT,
-            .module = r->shader_binding->fragment->module,
-            .pName = "main",
-        };
+    if (r->color_binding) {
+        shader_stages[num_active_shader_stages++] =
+            (VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo){
+                .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PIPELINE_SHADER_STAGE_CREATE_INFO,
+                .stage = VK_SHADER_STAGE_FRAGMENT_BIT,
+                .module = r->shader_binding->fragment->module,
+                .pName = "main",
+            };
+    }
 
     VkPipelineVertexInputStateCreateInfo vertex_input = {
         .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PIPELINE_VERTEX_INPUT_STATE_CREATE_INFO,
@@ -792,7 +794,6 @@ static void create_pipeline(PGRAPHState *pg)
         .scissorCount = 1,
     };
 
-
     void *rasterizer_next_struct = NULL;
 
     VkPipelineRasterizationProvokingVertexStateCreateInfoEXT provoking_state;