diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_resource.c b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_resource.c
index 04127c11d14..1ae1f5d7968 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_resource.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_resource.c
@@ -486,6 +486,7 @@ suboptimal_check_ici(struct zink_screen *screen, VkImageCreateInfo *ici, uint64_
       fail = check_ici(screen, ici, *mod);
       if (!fail)
          return true;
+      ici->usage |= VK_IMAGE_USAGE_HOST_TRANSFER_BIT_EXT;
    }
    return false;
 }