diff --git a/src/intel/vulkan/xe/anv_kmd_backend.c b/src/intel/vulkan/xe/anv_kmd_backend.c
index 6056f1193d3..4eca33b06fe 100644
--- a/src/intel/vulkan/xe/anv_kmd_backend.c
+++ b/src/intel/vulkan/xe/anv_kmd_backend.c
@@ -155,6 +155,10 @@ xe_vm_bind_op(struct anv_device *device,
    for (int i = 0; i < submit->binds_len; i++) {
       struct anv_vm_bind *bind = &submit->binds[i];
       struct anv_bo *bo = bind->bo;
+      uint16_t pat_index = 0;
+
+      if (bo)
+         pat_index = anv_device_get_pat_entry(device, bo->alloc_flags)->index;
 
       struct drm_xe_vm_bind_op *xe_bind = &xe_binds[i];
       *xe_bind = (struct drm_xe_vm_bind_op) {
@@ -165,12 +169,10 @@ xe_vm_bind_op(struct anv_device *device,
          .op = DRM_XE_VM_BIND_OP_UNMAP,
          .flags = capture_vm_in_error_dump(device, bo),
          .prefetch_mem_region_instance = 0,
+         .pat_index = pat_index,
       };
 
       if (bind->op == ANV_VM_BIND) {
-         const enum anv_bo_alloc_flags alloc_flags = bo ? bo->alloc_flags : 0;
-
-         xe_bind->pat_index = anv_device_get_pat_entry(device, alloc_flags)->index;
          if (!bo) {
             xe_bind->op = DRM_XE_VM_BIND_OP_MAP;
             xe_bind->flags |= DRM_XE_VM_BIND_FLAG_NULL;