diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_context.c b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_context.c
index f7a88c3f9bf..6eb9cea8e7f 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_context.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_context.c
@@ -1414,9 +1414,11 @@ zink_set_vertex_buffers_internal(struct pipe_context *pctx,
          res->barrier_access[0] |= VK_ACCESS_VERTEX_ATTRIBUTE_READ_BIT;
          update_res_bind_count(ctx, res, false, false);
          ctx_vb->buffer_offset = vb->buffer_offset;
-         /* always barrier before possible rebind */
-         zink_screen(ctx->base.screen)->buffer_barrier(ctx, res, VK_ACCESS_VERTEX_ATTRIBUTE_READ_BIT,
-                                      VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_VERTEX_INPUT_BIT);
+         /* fastpath for viewperf */
+         if (res->obj->access != VK_ACCESS_VERTEX_ATTRIBUTE_READ_BIT || res->obj->access_stage != VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_VERTEX_INPUT_BIT)
+            /* always barrier before possible rebind */
+            zink_screen(ctx->base.screen)->buffer_barrier(ctx, res, VK_ACCESS_VERTEX_ATTRIBUTE_READ_BIT,
+                                       VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_VERTEX_INPUT_BIT);
          zink_batch_resource_usage_set(ctx->bs, res, false, true);
          res->obj->unordered_read = false;
       } else {
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_draw.cpp b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_draw.cpp
index a9ed3c21f74..d0d4ebf9b40 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_draw.cpp
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_draw.cpp
@@ -91,7 +91,9 @@ ALWAYS_INLINE static void
 check_buffer_barrier(struct zink_context *ctx, struct pipe_resource *pres, VkAccessFlags flags, VkPipelineStageFlags pipeline)
 {
    struct zink_resource *res = zink_resource(pres);
-   zink_screen(ctx->base.screen)->buffer_barrier(ctx, res, flags, pipeline);
+   /* fastpath for viewperf */
+   if (res->obj->access != flags || res->obj->access_stage != pipeline)
+      zink_screen(ctx->base.screen)->buffer_barrier(ctx, res, flags, pipeline);
    if (!ctx->unordered_blitting)
       res->obj->unordered_read = false;
 }