diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/si_descriptors.c b/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/si_descriptors.c
index f61dec6c8e5..df0905d8977 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/si_descriptors.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/si_descriptors.c
@@ -939,7 +939,6 @@ bool si_upload_vertex_buffer_descriptors(struct si_context *sctx)
 {
 	struct si_vertex_element *velems = sctx->vertex_elements;
 	struct si_descriptors *desc = &sctx->vertex_buffers;
-	bool bound[SI_NUM_VERTEX_BUFFERS] = {};
 	unsigned i, count = velems->count;
 	uint64_t va;
 	uint32_t *ptr;
@@ -948,6 +947,7 @@ bool si_upload_vertex_buffer_descriptors(struct si_context *sctx)
 		return true;
 
 	unsigned fix_size3 = velems->fix_size3;
+	unsigned first_vb_use_mask = velems->first_vb_use_mask;
 
 	/* Vertex buffer descriptors are the only ones which are uploaded
 	 * directly through a staging buffer and don't go through
@@ -969,9 +969,10 @@ bool si_upload_vertex_buffer_descriptors(struct si_context *sctx)
 		struct pipe_vertex_buffer *vb;
 		struct r600_resource *rbuffer;
 		unsigned offset;
+		unsigned vbo_index = ve->vertex_buffer_index;
 		uint32_t *desc = &ptr[i*4];
 
-		vb = &sctx->vertex_buffer[ve->vertex_buffer_index];
+		vb = &sctx->vertex_buffer[vbo_index];
 		rbuffer = (struct r600_resource*)vb->buffer;
 		if (!rbuffer) {
 			memset(desc, 0, 16);
@@ -1018,11 +1019,10 @@ bool si_upload_vertex_buffer_descriptors(struct si_context *sctx)
 
 		desc[3] = velems->rsrc_word3[i];
 
-		if (!bound[ve->vertex_buffer_index]) {
+		if (first_vb_use_mask & (1 << i)) {
 			radeon_add_to_buffer_list(&sctx->b, &sctx->b.gfx,
 					      (struct r600_resource*)vb->buffer,
 					      RADEON_USAGE_READ, RADEON_PRIO_VERTEX_BUFFER);
-			bound[ve->vertex_buffer_index] = true;
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/si_state.c b/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/si_state.c
index 3022260f2ff..f60a4992bc3 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/si_state.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/si_state.c
@@ -3323,6 +3323,7 @@ static void *si_create_vertex_elements(struct pipe_context *ctx,
 				       const struct pipe_vertex_element *elements)
 {
 	struct si_vertex_element *v = CALLOC_STRUCT(si_vertex_element);
+	bool used[SI_NUM_VERTEX_BUFFERS] = {};
 	int i;
 
 	assert(count <= SI_MAX_ATTRIBS);
@@ -3342,6 +3343,11 @@ static void *si_create_vertex_elements(struct pipe_context *ctx,
 			return NULL;
 		}
 
+		if (!used[vbo_index]) {
+			v->first_vb_use_mask |= 1 << i;
+			used[vbo_index] = true;
+		}
+
 		desc = util_format_description(elements[i].src_format);
 		first_non_void = util_format_get_first_non_void_channel(elements[i].src_format);
 		data_format = si_translate_buffer_dataformat(ctx->screen, desc, first_non_void);
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/si_state.h b/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/si_state.h
index 34a0f578492..03e5011779b 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/si_state.h
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/si_state.h
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ struct si_stencil_ref {
 struct si_vertex_element
 {
 	unsigned			count;
+	unsigned			first_vb_use_mask;
 
 	/* Two bits per attribute indicating the size of each vector component
 	 * in bytes if the size 3-workaround must be applied.