diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_compiler.c b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_compiler.c
index 4459881ccd5..3e78e98f276 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_compiler.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_compiler.c
@@ -3207,12 +3207,16 @@ zink_shader_create(struct zink_screen *screen, struct nir_shader *nir,
             VkDescriptorType vktype = !var->data.driver_location ? VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER_DYNAMIC : VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER;
             int binding = var->data.binding;
 
-            ret->bindings[ztype][ret->num_bindings[ztype]].index = var->data.driver_location;
-            ret->bindings[ztype][ret->num_bindings[ztype]].binding = binding;
-            ret->bindings[ztype][ret->num_bindings[ztype]].type = vktype;
-            ret->bindings[ztype][ret->num_bindings[ztype]].size = glsl_get_length(var->type);
-            assert(ret->bindings[ztype][ret->num_bindings[ztype]].size);
-            ret->num_bindings[ztype]++;
+            if (!var->data.driver_location) {
+               ret->has_uniforms = true;
+            } else {
+               ret->bindings[ztype][ret->num_bindings[ztype]].index = var->data.driver_location;
+               ret->bindings[ztype][ret->num_bindings[ztype]].binding = binding;
+               ret->bindings[ztype][ret->num_bindings[ztype]].type = vktype;
+               ret->bindings[ztype][ret->num_bindings[ztype]].size = glsl_get_length(var->type);
+               assert(ret->bindings[ztype][ret->num_bindings[ztype]].size);
+               ret->num_bindings[ztype]++;
+            }
          } else if (var->data.mode == nir_var_mem_ssbo) {
             ztype = ZINK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SSBO;
             var->data.descriptor_set = screen->desc_set_id[ztype];
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_descriptors.c b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_descriptors.c
index 657756fe19b..59df3075fec 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_descriptors.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_descriptors.c
@@ -425,17 +425,14 @@ zink_descriptor_program_init(struct zink_context *ctx, struct zink_program *pg)
 
       gl_shader_stage stage = shader->nir->info.stage;
       VkShaderStageFlagBits stage_flags = mesa_to_vk_shader_stage(stage);
+      /* uniform ubos handled in push */
+      if (shader->has_uniforms) {
+         pg->dd.push_usage |= BITFIELD64_BIT(stage);
+         push_count++;
+      }
       for (int j = 0; j < ZINK_DESCRIPTOR_BASE_TYPES; j++) {
          unsigned desc_type = screen->desc_set_id[j] - 1;
          for (int k = 0; k < shader->num_bindings[j]; k++) {
-            /* dynamic ubos handled in push */
-            if (shader->bindings[j][k].type == VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER_DYNAMIC) {
-               pg->dd.push_usage |= BITFIELD64_BIT(stage);
-
-               push_count++;
-               continue;
-            }
-
             assert(num_bindings[desc_type] < ARRAY_SIZE(bindings[desc_type]));
             VkDescriptorSetLayoutBinding *binding = &bindings[desc_type][num_bindings[desc_type]];
             binding->binding = shader->bindings[j][k].binding;
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_program.c b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_program.c
index 98fa0a46a96..e3561db2e7b 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_program.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_program.c
@@ -1103,6 +1103,8 @@ static unsigned
 get_num_bindings(struct zink_shader *zs, enum zink_descriptor_type type)
 {
    switch (type) {
+   case ZINK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORMS:
+      return !!zs->has_uniforms;
    case ZINK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UBO:
    case ZINK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SSBO:
       return zs->num_bindings[type];
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_types.h b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_types.h
index 435033466f1..eaba8b8c6f3 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_types.h
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_types.h
@@ -676,6 +676,7 @@ struct zink_shader {
    uint32_t ssbos_used; // bitfield of which ssbo indices are used
    bool bindless;
    bool can_inline;
+   bool has_uniforms;
    struct spirv_shader *spirv;
 
    simple_mtx_t lock;