diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_program.c b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_program.c
index 0fc39a26c83..25790ac60cf 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_program.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_program.c
@@ -1370,6 +1370,7 @@ create_compute_program(struct zink_context *ctx, nir_shader *nir)
    comp->use_local_size = !(nir->info.workgroup_size[0] ||
                             nir->info.workgroup_size[1] ||
                             nir->info.workgroup_size[2]);
+   comp->has_variable_shared_mem = nir->info.cs.has_variable_shared_mem;
    comp->base.can_precompile = !comp->use_local_size &&
                                (screen->info.have_EXT_non_seamless_cube_map || !zink_shader_has_cubes(nir)) &&
                                (screen->info.rb2_feats.robustImageAccess2 || !(ctx->flags & PIPE_CONTEXT_ROBUST_BUFFER_ACCESS));
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_types.h b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_types.h
index 86926758a34..0dbb4d3c545 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_types.h
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_types.h
@@ -1131,6 +1131,7 @@ struct zink_compute_program {
    struct zink_program base;
 
    bool use_local_size;
+   bool has_variable_shared_mem;
 
    unsigned scratch_size;