diff --git a/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/yuzu/yuzu_emu/features/settings/model/view/SettingsItem.kt b/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/yuzu/yuzu_emu/features/settings/model/view/SettingsItem.kt
index 7c6063988f..644c2f751f 100644
--- a/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/yuzu/yuzu_emu/features/settings/model/view/SettingsItem.kt
+++ b/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/yuzu/yuzu_emu/features/settings/model/view/SettingsItem.kt
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ abstract class SettingsItem(
                     IntSetting.ANDROID_PIPELINE_WORKERS,
                     titleId = R.string.pipeline_worker_cores,
                     descriptionId = R.string.pipeline_worker_cores_description,
-                    min = 4,
+                    min = 1,
                     max = 8,
                     units = "cores"
                 )
diff --git a/src/android/app/src/main/jni/android_settings.h b/src/android/app/src/main/jni/android_settings.h
index 304ff62f07..3aba766a1b 100644
--- a/src/android/app/src/main/jni/android_settings.h
+++ b/src/android/app/src/main/jni/android_settings.h
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ namespace AndroidSettings {
                                                       &show_performance_overlay};
 
 
-        Settings::Setting<s32> pipeline_worker_count{linkage, 4, "pipeline_worker_count",
+        Settings::Setting<s32> pipeline_worker_count{linkage, 0, "pipeline_worker_count",
                                  Settings::Category::Android,
                                  Settings::Specialization::Default,
                                  true,
diff --git a/src/video_core/buffer_cache/buffer_cache_base.h b/src/video_core/buffer_cache/buffer_cache_base.h
index 3cddde6cf5..14ab3e6ebc 100644
--- a/src/video_core/buffer_cache/buffer_cache_base.h
+++ b/src/video_core/buffer_cache/buffer_cache_base.h
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ public:
         } while (channel_state->has_deleted_buffers);
     }
 
-    std::mutex mutex;
+    std::recursive_mutex mutex;
     Runtime& runtime;
     bool any_buffer_uploaded = false;
 
diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_rasterizer.cpp b/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_rasterizer.cpp
index c0bb388930..1d77d28c46 100644
--- a/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_rasterizer.cpp
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_rasterizer.cpp
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ void RasterizerOpenGL::AccelerateInlineToMemory(GPUVAddr address, size_t copy_si
     }
     gpu_memory->WriteBlockUnsafe(address, memory.data(), copy_size);
     {
-        std::scoped_lock lock{buffer_cache.mutex};
+        std::unique_lock<std::recursive_mutex> lock{buffer_cache.mutex};
         if (!buffer_cache.InlineMemory(*cpu_addr, copy_size, memory)) {
             buffer_cache.WriteMemory(*cpu_addr, copy_size);
         }
diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_pipeline_cache.cpp b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_pipeline_cache.cpp
index 0ff4e52c54..92d16c4d67 100644
--- a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_pipeline_cache.cpp
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_pipeline_cache.cpp
@@ -305,12 +305,10 @@ size_t GetTotalPipelineWorkers() {
         std::max<size_t>(static_cast<size_t>(std::thread::hardware_concurrency()), 2ULL) - 1ULL;
 #ifdef __ANDROID__
     const int configured = AndroidSettings::values.pipeline_worker_count.GetValue();
-    const int clamped = std::clamp(configured, 4, 8);
-    const size_t desired = static_cast<size_t>(clamped);
-    if (desired == 0) {
-        return 1ULL;
+    if (configured <= 0) {
+        return max_core_threads;
     }
-    return std::min(max_core_threads, desired);
+    return std::min<size_t>(max_core_threads, static_cast<size_t>(configured));
 #else
     return max_core_threads;
 #endif
diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_rasterizer.cpp b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_rasterizer.cpp
index ec9e4208b5..2093617c69 100644
--- a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_rasterizer.cpp
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_rasterizer.cpp
@@ -925,7 +925,7 @@ void RasterizerVulkan::AccelerateInlineToMemory(GPUVAddr address, size_t copy_si
     }
     gpu_memory->WriteBlockUnsafe(address, memory.data(), copy_size);
     {
-        std::scoped_lock lock{buffer_cache.mutex};
+        std::unique_lock<std::recursive_mutex> lock{buffer_cache.mutex};
         if (!buffer_cache.InlineMemory(*cpu_addr, copy_size, memory)) {
             buffer_cache.WriteMemory(*cpu_addr, copy_size);
         }