diff --git a/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_renderer_virtgpu.c b/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_renderer_virtgpu.c
index 80f2fff166f..5b6a25cdf8b 100644
--- a/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_renderer_virtgpu.c
+++ b/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_renderer_virtgpu.c
@@ -542,6 +542,17 @@ sim_submit(struct virtgpu *gpu, const struct vn_renderer_submit *submit)
       }
    }
 
+   if (!submit->batch_count && submit->bo_count) {
+      struct drm_virtgpu_execbuffer args = {
+         .bo_handles = (uintptr_t)gem_handles,
+         .num_bo_handles = submit->bo_count,
+      };
+
+      ret = drmIoctl(gpu->fd, DRM_IOCTL_VIRTGPU_EXECBUFFER, &args);
+      if (ret)
+         vn_log(gpu->instance, "failed to execbuffer: %s", strerror(errno));
+   }
+
    free(gem_handles);
 
    return ret;