diff --git a/src/xenia/ui/vulkan/vulkan_instance.cc b/src/xenia/ui/vulkan/vulkan_instance.cc
index ea6f59ca0..6f258d6ea 100644
--- a/src/xenia/ui/vulkan/vulkan_instance.cc
+++ b/src/xenia/ui/vulkan/vulkan_instance.cc
@@ -218,6 +218,43 @@ bool VulkanInstance::QueryGlobals() {
   return true;
 }
 
+VkBool32 VKAPI_PTR DebugMessageCallback(VkDebugReportFlagsEXT flags,
+                                        VkDebugReportObjectTypeEXT objectType,
+                                        uint64_t object, size_t location,
+                                        int32_t messageCode,
+                                        const char* pLayerPrefix,
+                                        const char* pMessage, void* pUserData) {
+  if (strcmp(pLayerPrefix, "Validation") == 0) {
+    const char* blacklist[] = {
+        "bound but it was never updated. You may want to either update it or "
+        "not bind it.",
+        "is being used in draw but has not been updated.",
+    };
+    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < xe::countof(blacklist); ++i) {
+      if (strstr(pMessage, blacklist[i]) != nullptr) {
+        return false;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  auto instance = reinterpret_cast<VulkanInstance*>(pUserData);
+  const char* message_type = "UNKNOWN";
+  if (flags & VK_DEBUG_REPORT_ERROR_BIT_EXT) {
+    message_type = "ERROR";
+  } else if (flags & VK_DEBUG_REPORT_WARNING_BIT_EXT) {
+    message_type = "WARN";
+  } else if (flags & VK_DEBUG_REPORT_PERFORMANCE_WARNING_BIT_EXT) {
+    message_type = "PERF WARN";
+  } else if (flags & VK_DEBUG_REPORT_INFORMATION_BIT_EXT) {
+    message_type = "INFO";
+  } else if (flags & VK_DEBUG_REPORT_DEBUG_BIT_EXT) {
+    message_type = "DEBUG";
+  }
+
+  XELOGVK("[{}/{}:{}] {}", pLayerPrefix, message_type, messageCode, pMessage);
+  return false;
+}
+
 bool VulkanInstance::CreateInstance() {
   XELOGVK("Verifying layers and extensions...");
 
@@ -239,10 +276,21 @@ bool VulkanInstance::CreateInstance() {
 
   XELOGVK("Initializing application instance...");
 
+  VkDebugReportCallbackCreateInfoEXT debug_info;
+  debug_info.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DEBUG_REPORT_CREATE_INFO_EXT;
+  debug_info.pNext = nullptr;
+  // TODO(benvanik): flags to set these.
+  debug_info.flags =
+      VK_DEBUG_REPORT_INFORMATION_BIT_EXT | VK_DEBUG_REPORT_WARNING_BIT_EXT |
+      VK_DEBUG_REPORT_PERFORMANCE_WARNING_BIT_EXT |
+      VK_DEBUG_REPORT_ERROR_BIT_EXT | VK_DEBUG_REPORT_DEBUG_BIT_EXT;
+  debug_info.pfnCallback = &DebugMessageCallback;
+  debug_info.pUserData = this;
+
   // TODO(benvanik): use GetEntryInfo?
   VkApplicationInfo application_info;
   application_info.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_APPLICATION_INFO;
-  application_info.pNext = nullptr;
+  application_info.pNext = &debug_info;
   application_info.pApplicationName = "xenia";
   application_info.applicationVersion = 1;
   application_info.pEngineName = "xenia";
@@ -306,43 +354,6 @@ void VulkanInstance::DestroyInstance() {
   handle = nullptr;
 }
 
-VkBool32 VKAPI_PTR DebugMessageCallback(VkDebugReportFlagsEXT flags,
-                                        VkDebugReportObjectTypeEXT objectType,
-                                        uint64_t object, size_t location,
-                                        int32_t messageCode,
-                                        const char* pLayerPrefix,
-                                        const char* pMessage, void* pUserData) {
-  if (strcmp(pLayerPrefix, "Validation") == 0) {
-    const char* blacklist[] = {
-        "bound but it was never updated. You may want to either update it or "
-        "not bind it.",
-        "is being used in draw but has not been updated.",
-    };
-    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < xe::countof(blacklist); ++i) {
-      if (strstr(pMessage, blacklist[i]) != nullptr) {
-        return false;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  auto instance = reinterpret_cast<VulkanInstance*>(pUserData);
-  const char* message_type = "UNKNOWN";
-  if (flags & VK_DEBUG_REPORT_ERROR_BIT_EXT) {
-    message_type = "ERROR";
-  } else if (flags & VK_DEBUG_REPORT_WARNING_BIT_EXT) {
-    message_type = "WARN";
-  } else if (flags & VK_DEBUG_REPORT_PERFORMANCE_WARNING_BIT_EXT) {
-    message_type = "PERF WARN";
-  } else if (flags & VK_DEBUG_REPORT_INFORMATION_BIT_EXT) {
-    message_type = "INFO";
-  } else if (flags & VK_DEBUG_REPORT_DEBUG_BIT_EXT) {
-    message_type = "DEBUG";
-  }
-
-  XELOGVK("[{}/{}:{}] {}", pLayerPrefix, message_type, messageCode, pMessage);
-  return false;
-}
-
 void VulkanInstance::EnableDebugValidation() {
   if (dbg_report_callback_) {
     DisableDebugValidation();