diff --git a/src/intel/vulkan/anv_private.h b/src/intel/vulkan/anv_private.h
index fb23ec00e62..0b78f7a298f 100644
--- a/src/intel/vulkan/anv_private.h
+++ b/src/intel/vulkan/anv_private.h
@@ -482,9 +482,15 @@ VkResult __vk_errorf(struct anv_instance *instance, const void *object,
    vk_errorfi(anv_device_instance_or_null(device),\
               obj, error, format, ## __VA_ARGS__)
 #else
-#define vk_error(error) error
-#define vk_errorfi(instance, obj, error, format, ...) error
-#define vk_errorf(device, obj, error, format, ...) error
+
+static inline VkResult __dummy_vk_error(VkResult error, UNUSED const void *ignored)
+{
+   return error;
+}
+
+#define vk_error(error) __dummy_vk_error(error, NULL)
+#define vk_errorfi(instance, obj, error, format, ...) __dummy_vk_error(error, instance)
+#define vk_errorf(device, obj, error, format, ...) __dummy_vk_error(error, device)
 #endif
 
 /**