diff --git a/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKPipeline.h b/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKPipeline.h
index 44fe65d10..3956d6965 100644
--- a/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKPipeline.h
+++ b/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKPipeline.h
@@ -430,6 +430,8 @@ class MVKGraphicsPipeline : public MVKPipeline {
 	uint32_t _tessCtlPatchOutputBufferIndex = 0;
 	uint32_t _tessCtlLevelBufferIndex = 0;
 
+	static constexpr uint32_t kMVKMaxVertexInputBindingBufferCount = 31u; // Taken from Metal Feature Set Table. Highest value out of all present GPUs
+	bool _isVertexInputBindingUsed[kMVKMaxVertexInputBindingBufferCount] = { false };
 	bool _primitiveRestartEnable = true;
 	bool _hasRasterInfo = false;
 	bool _needsVertexSwizzleBuffer = false;
diff --git a/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKPipeline.mm b/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKPipeline.mm
index 4b77291cb..de486ad92 100644
--- a/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKPipeline.mm
+++ b/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKPipeline.mm
@@ -1415,6 +1415,7 @@ static MTLVertexFormat mvkAdjustFormatVectorToSize(MTLVertexFormat format, uint3
 
 			maxBinding = max(pVKVB->binding, maxBinding);
 			uint32_t vbIdx = getMetalBufferIndexForVertexAttributeBinding(pVKVB->binding);
+			_isVertexInputBindingUsed[vbIdx] = true;
 			auto vbDesc = inputDesc.layouts[vbIdx];
 			if (isVtxStrideStatic && pVKVB->stride == 0) {
 				// Stride can't be 0, it will be set later to attributes' maximum offset + size
@@ -1842,7 +1843,7 @@ static MTLVertexFormat mvkAdjustFormatVectorToSize(MTLVertexFormat format, uint3
 }
 
 bool MVKGraphicsPipeline::isValidVertexBufferIndex(MVKShaderStage stage, uint32_t mtlBufferIndex) {
-	return mtlBufferIndex < _descriptorBufferCounts.stages[stage] || mtlBufferIndex > getImplicitBufferIndex(stage, 0);
+	return _isVertexInputBindingUsed[mtlBufferIndex] || mtlBufferIndex < _descriptorBufferCounts.stages[stage] || mtlBufferIndex > getImplicitBufferIndex(stage, 0);
 }
 
 // Initializes the vertex attributes in a shader conversion configuration.