diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_context.c b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_context.c
index 6f6b7f7db7a..23a416d99c8 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_context.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_context.c
@@ -1998,7 +1998,7 @@ zink_set_sampler_views(struct pipe_context *pctx,
             if (!ctx->unordered_blitting)
                res->obj->unordered_read = false;
          } else if (!res->obj->is_buffer) {
-            if (res->base.b.format != b->image_view->base.format)
+            if (!res->obj->dt && res->base.b.format != b->image_view->base.format)
                /* mutable not set by default */
                zink_resource_object_init_mutable(ctx, res);
             if (res->obj != b->image_view->obj) {