diff --git a/src/Cafe/HW/Latte/Renderer/Vulkan/VulkanRenderer.cpp b/src/Cafe/HW/Latte/Renderer/Vulkan/VulkanRenderer.cpp
index 95386284..cfe7d3f4 100644
--- a/src/Cafe/HW/Latte/Renderer/Vulkan/VulkanRenderer.cpp
+++ b/src/Cafe/HW/Latte/Renderer/Vulkan/VulkanRenderer.cpp
@@ -350,7 +350,15 @@ VulkanRenderer::VulkanRenderer()
 	create_info.ppEnabledLayerNames = m_layerNames.data();
 	create_info.enabledLayerCount = m_layerNames.size();
 
-	if ((err = vkCreateInstance(&create_info, nullptr, &m_instance)) != VK_SUCCESS)
+	err = vkCreateInstance(&create_info, nullptr, &m_instance);
+
+	if (err == VK_ERROR_LAYER_NOT_PRESENT) {
+		cemuLog_log(LogType::Force, "Failed to enable vulkan validation (VK_LAYER_KHRONOS_validation)");
+		create_info.enabledLayerCount = 0;
+		err = vkCreateInstance(&create_info, nullptr, &m_instance);
+	}
+
+	if (err != VK_SUCCESS)
 		throw std::runtime_error(fmt::format("Unable to create a Vulkan instance: {}", err));
 
 	if (!InitializeInstanceVulkan(m_instance))