diff --git a/src/render/vulkan/SDL_render_vulkan.c b/src/render/vulkan/SDL_render_vulkan.c
index 7398315a8..75036134d 100644
--- a/src/render/vulkan/SDL_render_vulkan.c
+++ b/src/render/vulkan/SDL_render_vulkan.c
@@ -3253,7 +3253,7 @@ static bool VULKAN_UpdateVertexBuffer(SDL_Renderer *renderer,
 
     stateCache->vertexBuffer = vertexBuffer->buffer;
 
-    rendererData->currentVertexBuffer++;
+    rendererData->currentVertexBuffer = vbidx + 1;
     if (rendererData->currentVertexBuffer >= SDL_VULKAN_NUM_VERTEX_BUFFERS) {
         rendererData->currentVertexBuffer = 0;
         rendererData->issueBatch = true;