diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_bo.c b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_bo.c
index 60d21cfb54f..7fd3688000a 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_bo.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_bo.c
@@ -861,6 +861,9 @@ zink_bo_commit(struct zink_screen *screen, struct zink_resource *res, unsigned l
    bool ok = true;
    struct zink_bo *bo = res->obj->bo;
 
+   if (screen->faked_e5sparse && res->base.b.format == PIPE_FORMAT_R9G9B9E5_FLOAT)
+      return true;
+
    simple_mtx_lock(&screen->queue_lock);
    simple_mtx_lock(&bo->lock);
    if (res->base.b.target == PIPE_BUFFER) {
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_resource.c b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_resource.c
index d172a4654a1..a82015dc3b3 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_resource.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_resource.c
@@ -782,6 +782,10 @@ resource_create(struct pipe_screen *pscreen,
    struct pipe_resource templ2 = *templ;
    if (templ2.flags & PIPE_RESOURCE_FLAG_SPARSE)
       templ2.bind |= PIPE_BIND_SHADER_IMAGE;
+   if (screen->faked_e5sparse && templ->format == PIPE_FORMAT_R9G9B9E5_FLOAT) {
+      templ2.flags &= ~PIPE_RESOURCE_FLAG_SPARSE;
+      res->base.b.flags &= ~PIPE_RESOURCE_FLAG_SPARSE;
+   }
    unsigned scanout_flags = templ->bind & (PIPE_BIND_SCANOUT | PIPE_BIND_SHARED);
    if (whandle && whandle->type == ZINK_EXTERNAL_MEMORY_HANDLE)
       scanout_flags = 0;