diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_graphics_pipeline.cpp b/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_graphics_pipeline.cpp
index c115dabe1..29491e762 100644
--- a/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_graphics_pipeline.cpp
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_graphics_pipeline.cpp
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ GraphicsPipeline::GraphicsPipeline(const Device& device, TextureCache& texture_c
                                    std::array<std::string, 5> sources,
                                    std::array<std::vector<u32>, 5> sources_spirv,
                                    const std::array<const Shader::Info*, 5>& infos,
-                                   const GraphicsPipelineKey& key_)
+                                   const GraphicsPipelineKey& key_, bool force_context_flush)
     : texture_cache{texture_cache_}, buffer_cache{buffer_cache_}, program_manager{program_manager_},
       state_tracker{state_tracker_}, key{key_} {
     if (shader_notify) {
@@ -231,7 +231,8 @@ GraphicsPipeline::GraphicsPipeline(const Device& device, TextureCache& texture_c
     const bool in_parallel = thread_worker != nullptr;
     const auto backend = device.GetShaderBackend();
     auto func{[this, sources = std::move(sources), sources_spirv = std::move(sources_spirv),
-               shader_notify, backend, in_parallel](ShaderContext::Context*) mutable {
+               shader_notify, backend, in_parallel,
+               force_context_flush](ShaderContext::Context*) mutable {
         for (size_t stage = 0; stage < 5; ++stage) {
             switch (backend) {
             case Settings::ShaderBackend::GLSL:
@@ -251,7 +252,7 @@ GraphicsPipeline::GraphicsPipeline(const Device& device, TextureCache& texture_c
                 break;
             }
         }
-        if (in_parallel) {
+        if (force_context_flush || in_parallel) {
             std::scoped_lock lock{built_mutex};
             built_fence.Create();
             // Flush this context to ensure compilation commands and fence are in the GPU pipe.
diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_graphics_pipeline.h b/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_graphics_pipeline.h
index 1c06b3655..7bab3be0a 100644
--- a/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_graphics_pipeline.h
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_graphics_pipeline.h
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public:
                               std::array<std::string, 5> sources,
                               std::array<std::vector<u32>, 5> sources_spirv,
                               const std::array<const Shader::Info*, 5>& infos,
-                              const GraphicsPipelineKey& key_);
+                              const GraphicsPipelineKey& key_, bool force_context_flush = false);
 
     void Configure(bool is_indexed) {
         configure_func(this, is_indexed);
diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_shader_cache.cpp b/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_shader_cache.cpp
index 7dd854e0f..15812b678 100644
--- a/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_shader_cache.cpp
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_shader_cache.cpp
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ void ShaderCache::LoadDiskResources(u64 title_id, std::stop_token stop_loading,
                 env_ptrs.push_back(&env);
             }
             ctx->pools.ReleaseContents();
-            auto pipeline{CreateGraphicsPipeline(ctx->pools, key, MakeSpan(env_ptrs), false)};
+            auto pipeline{CreateGraphicsPipeline(ctx->pools, key, MakeSpan(env_ptrs), false, true)};
             std::scoped_lock lock{state.mutex};
             if (pipeline) {
                 graphics_cache.emplace(key, std::move(pipeline));
@@ -439,7 +439,8 @@ std::unique_ptr<GraphicsPipeline> ShaderCache::CreateGraphicsPipeline() {
 
 std::unique_ptr<GraphicsPipeline> ShaderCache::CreateGraphicsPipeline(
     ShaderContext::ShaderPools& pools, const GraphicsPipelineKey& key,
-    std::span<Shader::Environment* const> envs, bool build_in_parallel) try {
+    std::span<Shader::Environment* const> envs, bool use_shader_workers,
+    bool force_context_flush) try {
     LOG_INFO(Render_OpenGL, "0x{:016x}", key.Hash());
     size_t env_index{};
     u32 total_storage_buffers{};
@@ -531,10 +532,10 @@ std::unique_ptr<GraphicsPipeline> ShaderCache::CreateGraphicsPipeline(
         }
         previous_program = &program;
     }
-    auto* const thread_worker{build_in_parallel ? workers.get() : nullptr};
+    auto* const thread_worker{use_shader_workers ? workers.get() : nullptr};
     return std::make_unique<GraphicsPipeline>(device, texture_cache, buffer_cache, program_manager,
                                               state_tracker, thread_worker, &shader_notify, sources,
-                                              sources_spirv, infos, key);
+                                              sources_spirv, infos, key, force_context_flush);
 
 } catch (Shader::Exception& exception) {
     LOG_ERROR(Render_OpenGL, "{}", exception.what());
diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_shader_cache.h b/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_shader_cache.h
index f82420592..50f610cd0 100644
--- a/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_shader_cache.h
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_shader_cache.h
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ private:
 
     std::unique_ptr<GraphicsPipeline> CreateGraphicsPipeline(
         ShaderContext::ShaderPools& pools, const GraphicsPipelineKey& key,
-        std::span<Shader::Environment* const> envs, bool build_in_parallel);
+        std::span<Shader::Environment* const> envs, bool use_shader_workers,
+        bool force_context_flush = false);
 
     std::unique_ptr<ComputePipeline> CreateComputePipeline(const ComputePipelineKey& key,
                                                            const VideoCommon::ShaderInfo* shader);