diff --git a/filament/backend/src/vulkan/VulkanDriver.cpp b/filament/backend/src/vulkan/VulkanDriver.cpp
index 492f0c24b93..dc1c3f69836 100644
--- a/filament/backend/src/vulkan/VulkanDriver.cpp
+++ b/filament/backend/src/vulkan/VulkanDriver.cpp
@@ -1767,8 +1767,12 @@ void VulkanDriver::bindDescriptorSet(
         backend::DescriptorSetHandle dsh,
         backend::descriptor_set_t setIndex,
         backend::DescriptorSetOffsetArray&& offsets) {
-    VulkanDescriptorSet* set = mResourceAllocator.handle_cast<VulkanDescriptorSet*>(dsh);
-    mDescriptorSetManager.bind(setIndex, set, std::move(offsets));
+    if (dsh) {
+        VulkanDescriptorSet* set = mResourceAllocator.handle_cast<VulkanDescriptorSet*>(dsh);
+        mDescriptorSetManager.bind(setIndex, set, std::move(offsets));
+    } else {
+        mDescriptorSetManager.unbind(setIndex);
+    }
 }
 
 void VulkanDriver::draw2(uint32_t indexOffset, uint32_t indexCount, uint32_t instanceCount) {
diff --git a/filament/backend/src/vulkan/caching/VulkanDescriptorSetManager.cpp b/filament/backend/src/vulkan/caching/VulkanDescriptorSetManager.cpp
index 28bf06dc2de..0533b58e0f4 100644
--- a/filament/backend/src/vulkan/caching/VulkanDescriptorSetManager.cpp
+++ b/filament/backend/src/vulkan/caching/VulkanDescriptorSetManager.cpp
@@ -369,6 +369,10 @@ void VulkanDescriptorSetManager::bind(uint8_t setIndex, VulkanDescriptorSet* set
     mStashedSets[setIndex] = set;
 }
 
+void VulkanDescriptorSetManager::unbind(uint8_t setIndex) {
+    mStashedSets[setIndex] = nullptr;
+}
+
 void VulkanDescriptorSetManager::commit(VulkanCommandBuffer* commands,
         VkPipelineLayout pipelineLayout, DescriptorSetMask const& setMask) {
     // setMask indicates the set of descriptor sets the driver wants to bind, curMask is the
diff --git a/filament/backend/src/vulkan/caching/VulkanDescriptorSetManager.h b/filament/backend/src/vulkan/caching/VulkanDescriptorSetManager.h
index 75e8afda610..2735e5062b1 100644
--- a/filament/backend/src/vulkan/caching/VulkanDescriptorSetManager.h
+++ b/filament/backend/src/vulkan/caching/VulkanDescriptorSetManager.h
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ class VulkanDescriptorSetManager {
 
     void bind(uint8_t setIndex, VulkanDescriptorSet* set, backend::DescriptorSetOffsetArray&& offsets);
 
+    void unbind(uint8_t setIndex);
+
     void commit(VulkanCommandBuffer* commands, VkPipelineLayout pipelineLayout,
             DescriptorSetMask const& setMask);