diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Common/io_buffer.h b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Common/io_buffer.h
index 612777f463..88e30f0972 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Common/io_buffer.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Common/io_buffer.h
@@ -83,5 +83,10 @@ namespace rsx
 			auto bytes = data();
 			return { utils::bless<T>(bytes), m_size / sizeof(T) };
 		}
+
+		bool empty() const
+		{
+			return m_size == 0;
+		}
 	};
 }
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKGSRender.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKGSRender.cpp
index 2a08d8e2e9..6c3e588134 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKGSRender.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKGSRender.cpp
@@ -2139,24 +2139,21 @@ void VKGSRender::load_program_env()
 	if (update_transform_constants)
 	{
 		// Transform constants
-		usz transform_constants_size = 0;
 		usz mem_offset = 0;
-
 		auto alloc_storage = [&](usz size) -> std::pair<void*, usz>
 		{
 			const auto alignment = m_device->gpu().get_limits().minUniformBufferOffsetAlignment;
 			mem_offset = m_transform_constants_ring_info.alloc<1>(utils::align(size, alignment));
-			transform_constants_size = size;
-			return std::make_pair(m_transform_constants_ring_info.map(mem_offset, transform_constants_size), size);
+			return std::make_pair(m_transform_constants_ring_info.map(mem_offset, size), size);
 		};
 
 		auto io_buf = rsx::io_buffer(alloc_storage);
 		upload_transform_constants(io_buf);
 
-		if (transform_constants_size)
+		if (!io_buf.empty())
 		{
 			m_transform_constants_ring_info.unmap();
-			m_vertex_constants_buffer_info = { m_transform_constants_ring_info.heap->value, mem_offset, transform_constants_size };
+			m_vertex_constants_buffer_info = { m_transform_constants_ring_info.heap->value, mem_offset, io_buf.size() };
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -2375,8 +2372,8 @@ void VKGSRender::patch_transform_constants(rsx::context* ctx, u32 index, u32 cou
 		// Indexed. This is a bit trickier. Use scratchpad to avoid UAF
 		auto allocate_mem = [&](usz size) -> std::pair<void*, usz>
 		{
-			scratchpad.resize(size);
-			return { scratchpad.data(), size };
+			m_scratch_mem.resize(size);
+			return { m_scratch_mem.data(), size };
 		};
 
 		rsx::io_buffer iobuf(allocate_mem);
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKGSRender.h b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKGSRender.h
index 58fab6656d..f1ae833938 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKGSRender.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKGSRender.h
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ private:
 	VkDescriptorSet allocate_descriptor_set();
 
 	vk::vertex_upload_info upload_vertex_data();
-	rsx::simple_array<u8> scratchpad;
+	rsx::simple_array<u8> m_scratch_mem;
 
 	bool load_program();
 	void load_program_env();