diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_batch.c b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_batch.c
index 807b4ac193b..3135d65babd 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_batch.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_batch.c
@@ -1059,7 +1059,6 @@ zink_batch_reference_resource_move(struct zink_context *ctx, struct zink_resourc
        */
    }
    check_oom_flush(bs->ctx);
-   bs->has_work = true;
    simple_mtx_unlock(&bs->ref_lock);
    return false;
 }
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_resource.h b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_resource.h
index 38bf7c878b8..096effebf1f 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_resource.h
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_resource.h
@@ -187,8 +187,6 @@ zink_batch_resource_usage_set(struct zink_batch_state *bs, struct zink_resource
       }
    }
    zink_resource_usage_set(res, bs, write);
-
-   bs->has_work = true;
 }
 
 void