diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_draw.c b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_draw.c
index b9531df0459..e5d8f21f6e0 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_draw.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_draw.c
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ write_descriptors(struct zink_context *ctx, struct zink_descriptor_set *zds, uns
 
    for (int i = 0; zds->pool->key.num_descriptors && i < util_dynarray_num_elements(&zds->barriers, struct zink_descriptor_barrier); ++i) {
       struct zink_descriptor_barrier *barrier = util_dynarray_element(&zds->barriers, struct zink_descriptor_barrier, i);
-      if (need_resource_refs || (ctx->curr_compute && ctx->curr_program))
+      if (need_resource_refs)
          zink_batch_reference_resource_rw(batch, barrier->res, zink_resource_access_is_write(barrier->access));
       zink_resource_barrier(ctx, NULL, barrier->res,
                             barrier->layout, barrier->access, barrier->stage);