diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_program.c b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_program.c
index 2849bfc5b2b..cb0b7b73ff0 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_program.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_program.c
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ zink_create_gfx_program(struct zink_context *ctx,
    if (!zink_descriptor_program_init(ctx, &prog->base))
       goto fail;
 
-   zink_screen_get_pipeline_cache(screen, &prog->base);
+   zink_screen_get_pipeline_cache(screen, &prog->base, false);
    return prog;
 
 fail:
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ create_compute_program(struct zink_context *ctx, nir_shader *nir)
    if (!zink_descriptor_program_init(ctx, &comp->base))
       goto fail;
 
-   zink_screen_get_pipeline_cache(screen, &comp->base);
+   zink_screen_get_pipeline_cache(screen, &comp->base, false);
    return comp;
 
 fail:
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_screen.c b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_screen.c
index 96088991194..ef6be965cb7 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_screen.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_screen.c
@@ -265,12 +265,15 @@ cache_get_job(void *data, void *gdata, int thread_index)
 }
 
 void
-zink_screen_get_pipeline_cache(struct zink_screen *screen, struct zink_program *pg)
+zink_screen_get_pipeline_cache(struct zink_screen *screen, struct zink_program *pg, bool in_thread)
 {
    if (!screen->disk_cache)
       return;
 
-   util_queue_add_job(&screen->cache_get_thread, pg, &pg->cache_fence, cache_get_job, NULL, 0);
+   if (in_thread)
+      cache_get_job(pg, screen, 0);
+   else
+      util_queue_add_job(&screen->cache_get_thread, pg, &pg->cache_fence, cache_get_job, NULL, 0);
 }
 
 static int
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_screen.h b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_screen.h
index 75f5e869fa9..2257561b8c4 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_screen.h
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_screen.h
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ void
 zink_screen_update_pipeline_cache(struct zink_screen *screen, struct zink_program *pg);
 
 void
-zink_screen_get_pipeline_cache(struct zink_screen *screen, struct zink_program *pg);
+zink_screen_get_pipeline_cache(struct zink_screen *screen, struct zink_program *pg, bool in_thread);
 
 void
 zink_stub_function_not_loaded(void);