diff --git a/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_descriptor_heap.c b/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_descriptor_heap.c
index 7dbc68ddbb0..0ce0c81e47d 100644
--- a/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_descriptor_heap.c
+++ b/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_descriptor_heap.c
@@ -156,6 +156,12 @@ vn_RegisterCustomBorderColorEXT(
 {
    struct vn_device *dev = vn_device_from_handle(device);
 
+   if (requestIndex == VK_TRUE) {
+      vn_async_vkRegisterCustomBorderColorEXT(
+         dev->primary_ring, device, pBorderColor, requestIndex, pIndex);
+      return VK_SUCCESS;
+   }
+
    /* TODO manage indexes to make it async */
    return vn_call_vkRegisterCustomBorderColorEXT(
       dev->primary_ring, device, pBorderColor, requestIndex, pIndex);