diff --git a/libavutil/hwcontext_vulkan.c b/libavutil/hwcontext_vulkan.c
index dc9d49ccb4..1c298a0b18 100644
--- a/libavutil/hwcontext_vulkan.c
+++ b/libavutil/hwcontext_vulkan.c
@@ -1418,6 +1418,13 @@ static int setup_queue_families(AVHWDeviceContext *ctx, VkDeviceCreateInfo *cd)
     VulkanDevicePriv *p = ctx->hwctx;
     AVVulkanDeviceContext *hwctx = &p->p;
     FFVulkanFunctions *vk = &p->vkctx.vkfn;
+    VkPhysicalDeviceDriverProperties dprops = {
+        .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_DRIVER_PROPERTIES,
+    };
+    VkPhysicalDeviceProperties2 props2 = {
+        .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_PROPERTIES_2,
+        .pNext = &dprops,
+    };
 
     VkQueueFamilyProperties2 *qf = NULL;
     VkQueueFamilyVideoPropertiesKHR *qf_vid = NULL;
@@ -1471,7 +1478,14 @@ static int setup_queue_families(AVHWDeviceContext *ctx, VkDeviceCreateInfo *cd)
 
     hwctx->nb_qf = 0;
 
-    /* Pick each queue family to use */
+    /* NVIDIA's proprietary drivers have stupid limits, where each queue
+     * you allocate takes tens of milliseconds, and the more queues you
+     * allocate, the less you'll have left before initializing a device
+     * simply fails (112 seems to be the max). GLOBALLY.
+     * Detect this, and minimize using queues as much as possible. */
+    vk->GetPhysicalDeviceProperties2(hwctx->phys_dev, &props2);
+
+    /* Pick each queue family to use. */
 #define PICK_QF(type, vid_op)                                            \
     do {                                                                 \
         uint32_t i;                                                      \
@@ -1495,6 +1509,10 @@ static int setup_queue_families(AVHWDeviceContext *ctx, VkDeviceCreateInfo *cd)
         if (i == hwctx->nb_qf) {                                         \
             hwctx->qf[i].idx = idx;                                      \
             hwctx->qf[i].num = qf[idx].queueFamilyProperties.queueCount; \
+            if (dprops.driverID == VK_DRIVER_ID_NVIDIA_PROPRIETARY) {    \
+                if (type == VK_QUEUE_GRAPHICS_BIT)                       \
+                    hwctx->qf[i].num = FFMIN(hwctx->qf[i].num, 1);       \
+            }                                                            \
             hwctx->qf[i].flags = type;                                   \
             hwctx->qf[i].video_caps = vid_op;                            \
             hwctx->nb_qf++;                                              \