diff --git a/src/gpu/vulkan/SDL_gpu_vulkan.c b/src/gpu/vulkan/SDL_gpu_vulkan.c
index 5af4440972..5063df16c9 100644
--- a/src/gpu/vulkan/SDL_gpu_vulkan.c
+++ b/src/gpu/vulkan/SDL_gpu_vulkan.c
@@ -6822,7 +6822,7 @@ static SDL_GPUTransferBuffer *VULKAN_CreateTransferBuffer(
         (VkDeviceSize)size,
         0,
         VULKAN_BUFFER_TYPE_TRANSFER,
-        usage == SDL_GPU_TRANSFERBUFFERUSAGE_DOWNLOAD,
+        true,
         debugName);
 }