diff --git a/src/amd/vulkan/radv_descriptor_set.c b/src/amd/vulkan/radv_descriptor_set.c
index bc13b84b78c..e70f10f7ed8 100644
--- a/src/amd/vulkan/radv_descriptor_set.c
+++ b/src/amd/vulkan/radv_descriptor_set.c
@@ -898,13 +898,10 @@ radv_create_descriptor_pool(struct radv_device *device, const VkDescriptorPoolCr
    }
 
    if (bo_size) {
-      const struct radv_physical_device *pdev = radv_device_physical(device);
-      const struct radv_instance *instance = radv_physical_device_instance(pdev);
-
       if (!(pCreateInfo->flags & VK_DESCRIPTOR_POOL_CREATE_HOST_ONLY_BIT_EXT)) {
          enum radeon_bo_flag flags = RADEON_FLAG_NO_INTERPROCESS_SHARING | RADEON_FLAG_READ_ONLY | RADEON_FLAG_32BIT;
 
-         if (instance->drirc.zero_vram)
+         if (radv_device_should_clear_vram(device))
             flags |= RADEON_FLAG_ZERO_VRAM;
 
          VkResult result = radv_bo_create(device, &pool->base, bo_size, 32, RADEON_DOMAIN_VRAM, flags,
diff --git a/src/amd/vulkan/radv_device.c b/src/amd/vulkan/radv_device.c
index 4d6ba6ae3aa..72d3024ecf0 100644
--- a/src/amd/vulkan/radv_device.c
+++ b/src/amd/vulkan/radv_device.c
@@ -84,6 +84,16 @@ radv_trap_handler_enabled()
    return !!getenv("RADV_TRAP_HANDLER");
 }
 
+bool
+radv_device_should_clear_vram(const struct radv_device *device)
+{
+   const struct radv_physical_device *pdev = radv_device_physical(device);
+   const struct radv_instance *instance = radv_physical_device_instance(pdev);
+
+   /* Ignore drirc radv_zero_vram=true if the feature is enabled to let applications take control. */
+   return instance->drirc.zero_vram && !device->vk.enabled_features.zeroInitializeDeviceMemory;
+}
+
 VKAPI_ATTR VkResult VKAPI_CALL
 radv_GetMemoryHostPointerPropertiesEXT(VkDevice _device, VkExternalMemoryHandleTypeFlagBits handleType,
                                        const void *pHostPointer,
diff --git a/src/amd/vulkan/radv_device.h b/src/amd/vulkan/radv_device.h
index 9b847dec14e..d27f20794e5 100644
--- a/src/amd/vulkan/radv_device.h
+++ b/src/amd/vulkan/radv_device.h
@@ -379,4 +379,6 @@ bool radv_device_acquire_performance_counters(struct radv_device *device);
 
 void radv_device_release_performance_counters(struct radv_device *device);
 
+bool radv_device_should_clear_vram(const struct radv_device *device);
+
 #endif /* RADV_DEVICE_H */
diff --git a/src/amd/vulkan/radv_device_memory.c b/src/amd/vulkan/radv_device_memory.c
index 99b9c78b686..a3de89bd9f3 100644
--- a/src/amd/vulkan/radv_device_memory.c
+++ b/src/amd/vulkan/radv_device_memory.c
@@ -231,7 +231,8 @@ radv_alloc_memory(struct radv_device *device, const VkMemoryAllocateInfo *pAlloc
       if (flags_info && flags_info->flags & VK_MEMORY_ALLOCATE_DEVICE_ADDRESS_CAPTURE_REPLAY_BIT)
          flags |= RADEON_FLAG_REPLAYABLE;
 
-      if ((flags_info && flags_info->flags & VK_MEMORY_ALLOCATE_ZERO_INITIALIZE_BIT_EXT) || instance->drirc.zero_vram)
+      if ((flags_info && flags_info->flags & VK_MEMORY_ALLOCATE_ZERO_INITIALIZE_BIT_EXT) ||
+          radv_device_should_clear_vram(device))
          flags |= RADEON_FLAG_ZERO_VRAM;
 
       /* On GFX12, DCC is transparent to the userspace driver and PTE.DCC is