diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Common/simple_array.hpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Common/simple_array.hpp
index 5d54317402..22b9e623f0 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Common/simple_array.hpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Common/simple_array.hpp
@@ -138,6 +138,17 @@ namespace rsx
 			_data[_size++] = val;
 		}
 
+		template <typename... Args>
+		void emplace_back(Args&&... args)
+		{
+			if (_size >= _capacity)
+			{
+				reserve(_capacity + 16);
+			}
+
+			std::construct_at(&_data[_size++], std::forward<Args&&>(args)...);
+		}
+
 		Ty pop_back()
 		{
 			return _data[--_size];
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/vkutils/descriptors.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/vkutils/descriptors.cpp
index 6c7826d8b1..05b88a10a3 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/vkutils/descriptors.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/vkutils/descriptors.cpp
@@ -275,8 +275,7 @@ namespace vk
 	{
 		m_push_type_mask |= (1ull << type);
 		m_buffer_view_pool.push_back(buffer_view);
-		m_pending_writes.push_back(
-		{
+		m_pending_writes.emplace_back(
 			VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_WRITE_DESCRIPTOR_SET,    // sType
 			nullptr,                                   // pNext
 			m_handle,                                  // dstSet
@@ -287,15 +286,14 @@ namespace vk
 			nullptr,                                   // pImageInfo
 			nullptr,                                   // pBufferInfo
 			&m_buffer_view_pool.back()                 // pTexelBufferView
-		});
+		);
 	}
 
 	void descriptor_set::push(const VkDescriptorBufferInfo& buffer_info, VkDescriptorType type, u32 binding)
 	{
 		m_push_type_mask |= (1ull << type);
 		m_buffer_info_pool.push_back(buffer_info);
-		m_pending_writes.push_back(
-		{
+		m_pending_writes.emplace_back(
 			VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_WRITE_DESCRIPTOR_SET,    // sType
 			nullptr,                                   // pNext
 			m_handle,                                  // dstSet
@@ -306,15 +304,14 @@ namespace vk
 			nullptr,                                   // pImageInfo
 			&m_buffer_info_pool.back(),                // pBufferInfo
 			nullptr                                    // pTexelBufferView
-		});
+		);
 	}
 
 	void descriptor_set::push(const VkDescriptorImageInfo& image_info, VkDescriptorType type, u32 binding)
 	{
 		m_push_type_mask |= (1ull << type);
 		m_image_info_pool.push_back(image_info);
-		m_pending_writes.push_back(
-		{
+		m_pending_writes.emplace_back(
 			VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_WRITE_DESCRIPTOR_SET,    // sType
 			nullptr,                                   // pNext
 			m_handle,                                  // dstSet
@@ -325,7 +322,7 @@ namespace vk
 			&m_image_info_pool.back(),                 // pImageInfo
 			nullptr,                                   // pBufferInfo
 			nullptr                                    // pTexelBufferView
-		});
+		);
 	}
 
 	void descriptor_set::push(const VkDescriptorImageInfo* image_info, u32 count, VkDescriptorType type, u32 binding)