diff --git a/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_renderer.h b/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_renderer.h
index 18ec9388d01..a277e69cb09 100644
--- a/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_renderer.h
+++ b/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_renderer.h
@@ -482,4 +482,43 @@ vn_renderer_sync_write(struct vn_renderer *renderer,
    return renderer->sync_ops.write(renderer, sync, val);
 }
 
+static inline VkResult
+vn_renderer_submit_simple_sync(struct vn_renderer *renderer,
+                               const void *cs_data,
+                               size_t cs_size)
+{
+   struct vn_renderer_sync *sync;
+   VkResult result =
+      vn_renderer_sync_create(renderer, 0, VN_RENDERER_SYNC_BINARY, &sync);
+   if (result != VK_SUCCESS)
+      return result;
+
+   const struct vn_renderer_submit submit = {
+      .batches =
+         &(const struct vn_renderer_submit_batch){
+            .cs_data = cs_data,
+            .cs_size = cs_size,
+            .sync_queue_cpu = true,
+            .syncs = &sync,
+            .sync_values = &(const uint64_t){ 1 },
+            .sync_count = 1,
+         },
+      .batch_count = 1,
+   };
+   const struct vn_renderer_wait wait = {
+      .timeout = UINT64_MAX,
+      .syncs = &sync,
+      .sync_values = &(const uint64_t){ 1 },
+      .sync_count = 1,
+   };
+
+   result = vn_renderer_submit(renderer, &submit);
+   if (result == VK_SUCCESS)
+      result = vn_renderer_wait(renderer, &wait);
+
+   vn_renderer_sync_destroy(renderer, sync);
+
+   return result;
+}
+
 #endif /* VN_RENDERER_H */