diff --git a/src/broadcom/vulkan/v3dv_device.c b/src/broadcom/vulkan/v3dv_device.c
index 7be8b137107..8f8f39e7735 100644
--- a/src/broadcom/vulkan/v3dv_device.c
+++ b/src/broadcom/vulkan/v3dv_device.c
@@ -2104,11 +2104,9 @@ v3dv_CreateDevice(VkPhysicalDevice physicalDevice,
                       device->device_address_mem_ctx);
 
    mtx_init(&device->events.lock, mtx_plain);
-   if (!device->events.bo) {
-      result = v3dv_event_allocate_resources(device);
-      if (result != VK_SUCCESS)
-         goto fail;
-   }
+   result = v3dv_event_allocate_resources(device);
+   if (result != VK_SUCCESS)
+      goto fail;
 
    if (list_is_empty(&device->events.free_list)) {
       result = vk_error(device, VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_DEVICE_MEMORY);