diff --git a/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_physical_device.c b/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_physical_device.c
index 23de0f3e7ab..d2827da35a3 100644
--- a/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_physical_device.c
+++ b/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_physical_device.c
@@ -445,8 +445,8 @@ nvk_get_device_features(const struct nv_device_info *info,
       /* VK_KHR_workgroup_memory_explicit_layout */
       .workgroupMemoryExplicitLayout = true,
       .workgroupMemoryExplicitLayoutScalarBlockLayout = true,
-      .workgroupMemoryExplicitLayout8BitAccess = false,
-      .workgroupMemoryExplicitLayout16BitAccess = false,
+      .workgroupMemoryExplicitLayout8BitAccess = nvk_use_nak(info),
+      .workgroupMemoryExplicitLayout16BitAccess = nvk_use_nak(info),
 
       /* VK_EXT_4444_formats */
       .formatA4R4G4B4 = true,