diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKResourceManager.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKResourceManager.cpp
index 5142b0ce6f..02c4573bcd 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKResourceManager.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKResourceManager.cpp
@@ -54,19 +54,16 @@ namespace vk
 			ensure(max_allowed_samplers);
 			rsx_log.warning("Trimming allocated samplers. Allocated = %u, Max = %u", allocated_sampler_count, limits.maxSamplerAllocationCount);
 
-#if 0
-			for (auto It = m_sampler_pool.begin(); It != m_sampler_pool.end();)
+			auto filter_expr = [](const cached_sampler_object_t& sampler)
 			{
-				if (!It->second->has_refs())
-				{
-					dispose(It->second);
-					It = m_sampler_pool.erase(It);
-					continue;
-				}
+				// Pick only where we have no ref
+				return !sampler.has_refs();
+			};
 
-				++It;
+			for (auto& object : m_sampler_pool.collect(filter_expr))
+			{
+				dispose(object);
 			}
-#endif
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/vkutils/sampler.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/vkutils/sampler.cpp
index 2e4d5f77c4..f5e957329f 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/vkutils/sampler.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/vkutils/sampler.cpp
@@ -186,4 +186,29 @@ namespace vk
 
 		m_custom_color_sampler_pool.emplace (key.base_key, std::move(object));
 	}
+
+	std::vector<std::unique_ptr<cached_sampler_object_t>> sampler_pool_t::collect(std::function<bool(const cached_sampler_object_t&)> predicate)
+	{
+		std::vector<std::unique_ptr<cached_sampler_object_t>> result;
+
+		const auto collect_fn = [&](auto& container)
+		{
+			for (auto It = container.begin(); It != container.end();)
+			{
+				if (!predicate(*It->second))
+				{
+					It++;
+					continue;
+				}
+
+				result.emplace_back(std::move(It->second));
+				It = container.erase(It);
+			}
+		};
+
+		collect_fn(m_generic_sampler_pool);
+		collect_fn(m_custom_color_sampler_pool);
+
+		return result;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/vkutils/sampler.h b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/vkutils/sampler.h
index 3faaa66414..f231350b43 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/vkutils/sampler.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/vkutils/sampler.h
@@ -83,5 +83,7 @@ namespace vk
 		vk::sampler* find(const sampler_pool_key_t& key) const;
 
 		void emplace(const sampler_pool_key_t& key, std::unique_ptr<cached_sampler_object_t>& object);
+
+		std::vector<std::unique_ptr<cached_sampler_object_t>> collect(std::function<bool(const cached_sampler_object_t&)> predicate);
 	};
 }