diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_bo.h b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_bo.h
index 06bbb24bc68..f1254d8ab4a 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_bo.h
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_bo.h
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ zink_bo_commit(struct zink_context *ctx, struct zink_resource *res, unsigned lev
 static ALWAYS_INLINE bool
 zink_bo_has_unflushed_usage(const struct zink_bo *bo)
 {
+   /* submit_count always matches for unflushed usage */
    return (bo->reads.u && bo->reads.submit_count == bo->reads.u->submit_count && zink_batch_usage_is_unflushed(bo->reads.u)) ||
           (bo->writes.u && bo->writes.submit_count == bo->writes.u->submit_count && zink_batch_usage_is_unflushed(bo->writes.u));
 }
@@ -153,15 +154,17 @@ static ALWAYS_INLINE bool
 zink_bo_has_usage(const struct zink_bo *bo)
 {
    return zink_bo_has_unflushed_usage(bo) ||
-          (zink_batch_usage_exists(bo->reads.u) && bo->reads.submit_count == bo->reads.u->submit_count) ||
-          (zink_batch_usage_exists(bo->writes.u) && bo->writes.submit_count == bo->writes.u->submit_count);
+          /* submit_count increments on batch submit and reset, so diff<=1 means same batch submission */
+          (zink_batch_usage_exists(bo->reads.u) && bo->reads.u->submit_count - bo->reads.submit_count <= 1) ||
+          (zink_batch_usage_exists(bo->writes.u) && bo->writes.u->submit_count - bo->writes.submit_count <= 1);
 }
 
 static ALWAYS_INLINE bool
 zink_bo_usage_matches(const struct zink_bo *bo, const struct zink_batch_state *bs)
 {
-   return (zink_batch_usage_matches(bo->reads.u, bs) && bo->reads.submit_count == bo->reads.u->submit_count) ||
-          (zink_batch_usage_matches(bo->writes.u, bs) && bo->writes.submit_count == bo->writes.u->submit_count);
+   /* submit_count increments on batch submit and reset, so diff<=1 means same batch submission */
+   return (zink_batch_usage_matches(bo->reads.u, bs) && bo->reads.u->submit_count - bo->reads.submit_count <= 1) ||
+          (zink_batch_usage_matches(bo->writes.u, bs) && bo->writes.u->submit_count - bo->writes.submit_count <= 1);
 }
 
 static ALWAYS_INLINE bool
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_types.h b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_types.h
index cc4a139bbc9..86d63a10cf8 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_types.h
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_types.h
@@ -566,7 +566,11 @@ struct zink_batch_descriptor_data {
  */
 struct zink_batch_usage {
    uint32_t usage;
-    /* this is a monotonic int used to disambiguate internal fences from their tc fence references */
+    /* this is a monotonic int used to disambiguate internal fences from their tc fence references AND
+     * to disambiguate zink_bo usage when batches are reused
+     *
+     * it increments on batch submit and batch reset, meaning that a diff<=1 means matching usage
+     */
    uint32_t submit_count;
    cnd_t flush;
    mtx_t mtx;