diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_pipeline_cache.cpp b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_pipeline_cache.cpp
index ce35a7be1d..e96c88d3aa 100644
--- a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_pipeline_cache.cpp
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_pipeline_cache.cpp
@@ -357,6 +357,7 @@ PipelineCache::PipelineCache(Tegra::MaxwellDeviceMemoryManager& device_memory_,
               "VkPipelineBuilder"),
       serialization_thread(1, "VkPipelineSerialization") {
     const auto& float_control{device.FloatControlProperties()};
+    const bool float_controls_supported{device.IsKhrShaderFloatControlsSupported()};
     const VkDriverId driver_id{device.GetDriverID()};
     profile = Shader::Profile{
         .supported_spirv = device.SupportedSpirvVersion(),
@@ -366,20 +367,24 @@ PipelineCache::PipelineCache(Tegra::MaxwellDeviceMemoryManager& device_memory_,
         .support_int16 = device.IsShaderInt16Supported(),
         .support_int64 = device.IsShaderInt64Supported(),
         .support_vertex_instance_id = false,
-        .support_float_controls = device.IsKhrShaderFloatControlsSupported(),
-        .support_separate_denorm_behavior =
+        .support_float_controls = float_controls_supported,
+        .support_separate_denorm_behavior = float_controls_supported &&
             float_control.denormBehaviorIndependence == VK_SHADER_FLOAT_CONTROLS_INDEPENDENCE_ALL,
-        .support_separate_rounding_mode =
+        .support_separate_rounding_mode = float_controls_supported &&
             float_control.roundingModeIndependence == VK_SHADER_FLOAT_CONTROLS_INDEPENDENCE_ALL,
-        .support_fp16_denorm_preserve = float_control.shaderDenormPreserveFloat16 != VK_FALSE,
-        .support_fp32_denorm_preserve = float_control.shaderDenormPreserveFloat32 != VK_FALSE,
-        .support_fp16_denorm_flush = float_control.shaderDenormFlushToZeroFloat16 != VK_FALSE,
-        .support_fp32_denorm_flush = float_control.shaderDenormFlushToZeroFloat32 != VK_FALSE,
-        .support_fp16_signed_zero_nan_preserve =
+        .support_fp16_denorm_preserve = float_controls_supported &&
+            float_control.shaderDenormPreserveFloat16 != VK_FALSE,
+        .support_fp32_denorm_preserve = float_controls_supported &&
+            float_control.shaderDenormPreserveFloat32 != VK_FALSE,
+        .support_fp16_denorm_flush = float_controls_supported &&
+            float_control.shaderDenormFlushToZeroFloat16 != VK_FALSE,
+        .support_fp32_denorm_flush = float_controls_supported &&
+            float_control.shaderDenormFlushToZeroFloat32 != VK_FALSE,
+        .support_fp16_signed_zero_nan_preserve = float_controls_supported &&
             float_control.shaderSignedZeroInfNanPreserveFloat16 != VK_FALSE,
-        .support_fp32_signed_zero_nan_preserve =
+        .support_fp32_signed_zero_nan_preserve = float_controls_supported &&
             float_control.shaderSignedZeroInfNanPreserveFloat32 != VK_FALSE,
-        .support_fp64_signed_zero_nan_preserve =
+        .support_fp64_signed_zero_nan_preserve = float_controls_supported &&
             float_control.shaderSignedZeroInfNanPreserveFloat64 != VK_FALSE,
         .support_explicit_workgroup_layout = device.IsKhrWorkgroupMemoryExplicitLayoutSupported(),
         .support_vote = device.IsSubgroupFeatureSupported(VK_SUBGROUP_FEATURE_VOTE_BIT),
diff --git a/src/video_core/vulkan_common/vulkan_device.cpp b/src/video_core/vulkan_common/vulkan_device.cpp
index b5299bf51c..e3b2395335 100644
--- a/src/video_core/vulkan_common/vulkan_device.cpp
+++ b/src/video_core/vulkan_common/vulkan_device.cpp
@@ -506,13 +506,9 @@ Device::Device(VkInstance instance_, vk::PhysicalDevice physical_, VkSurfaceKHR
                     "Qualcomm drivers require scaled vertex format emulation; forcing fallback");
 
         LOG_WARNING(Render_Vulkan,
-                    "Disabling shader float controls and 64-bit integer features on Qualcomm proprietary drivers");
-        RemoveExtension(extensions.shader_float_controls, VK_KHR_SHADER_FLOAT_CONTROLS_EXTENSION_NAME);
-        if (extensions.spirv_1_4) {
-            LOG_WARNING(Render_Vulkan,
-                        "VK_KHR_spirv_1_4 depends on VK_KHR_shader_float_controls; disabling both on Qualcomm");
-            RemoveExtension(extensions.spirv_1_4, VK_KHR_SPIRV_1_4_EXTENSION_NAME);
-        }
+                    "Qualcomm proprietary drivers report VK_KHR_shader_float_controls but remain unreliable;"
+                    " disabling usage while keeping the extension enabled");
+        disable_shader_float_controls_usage = true;
         RemoveExtensionFeature(extensions.shader_atomic_int64, features.shader_atomic_int64,
                                VK_KHR_SHADER_ATOMIC_INT64_EXTENSION_NAME);
         features.shader_atomic_int64.shaderBufferInt64Atomics = false;
diff --git a/src/video_core/vulkan_common/vulkan_device.h b/src/video_core/vulkan_common/vulkan_device.h
index a0342b55ea..aa3a4707d7 100644
--- a/src/video_core/vulkan_common/vulkan_device.h
+++ b/src/video_core/vulkan_common/vulkan_device.h
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ public:
 
     /// Returns true if VK_KHR_shader_float_controls is enabled.
     bool IsKhrShaderFloatControlsSupported() const {
-        return extensions.shader_float_controls;
+        return extensions.shader_float_controls && !disable_shader_float_controls_usage;
     }
 
     /// Returns true if the device supports VK_KHR_workgroup_memory_explicit_layout.
@@ -1090,6 +1090,7 @@ private:
     bool cant_blit_msaa{};                     ///< Does not support MSAA<->MSAA blitting.
     bool must_emulate_scaled_formats{};        ///< Requires scaled vertex format emulation
     bool must_emulate_bgr565{};                ///< Emulates BGR565 by swizzling RGB565 format.
+    bool disable_shader_float_controls_usage{}; ///< True when VK_KHR_shader_float_controls cannot be safely used.
     bool use_mobile_megabuffer{};              ///< Use the Android mega buffer path.
     bool dynamic_state3_blending{};            ///< Has blending features of dynamic_state3.
     bool dynamic_state3_enables{};             ///< Has at least one enable feature of dynamic_state3.