From b52455ed27e5b38fff601104860f78ee7c101dde Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: lizzie <lizzie@eden-emu.dev>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 05:32:29 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] [vk] fix spurious scheduler crash due to null chunk

Signed-off-by: lizzie <lizzie@eden-emu.dev>
---
 src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_scheduler.cpp | 15 +++++++--------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_scheduler.cpp b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_scheduler.cpp
index ec8c852284..3f6bf3a67b 100644
--- a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_scheduler.cpp
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_scheduler.cpp
@@ -155,15 +155,14 @@ void Scheduler::WaitWorker() {
 }
 
 void Scheduler::DispatchWork() {
-    if (chunk->Empty()) {
-        return;
-    }
-    {
-        std::scoped_lock ql{queue_mutex};
-        work_queue.push(std::move(chunk));
+    if (chunk && !chunk->Empty()) {
+        {
+            std::scoped_lock ql{queue_mutex};
+            work_queue.push(std::move(chunk));
+        }
+        event_cv.notify_all();
+        AcquireNewChunk();
     }
-    event_cv.notify_all();
-    AcquireNewChunk();
 }
 
 void Scheduler::RequestRenderpass(const Framebuffer* framebuffer) {