diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_descriptors.c b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_descriptors.c
index a8bf65b74f4..9a1c52770da 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_descriptors.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_descriptors.c
@@ -1489,7 +1489,7 @@ zink_descriptors_init_bindless(struct zink_context *ctx)
       unsigned bind = ZINK_BIND_RESOURCE_DESCRIPTOR | ZINK_BIND_SAMPLER_DESCRIPTOR;
       VkDeviceSize size;
       VKSCR(GetDescriptorSetLayoutSizeEXT)(screen->dev, screen->bindless_layout, &size);
-      struct pipe_resource *pres = pipe_buffer_create(&screen->base, bind, 0, size);
+      struct pipe_resource *pres = pipe_buffer_create(&screen->base, bind, ZINK_USAGE_BINDLESS, size);
       ctx->dd.db.bindless_db = zink_resource(pres);
       ctx->dd.db.bindless_db_map = pipe_buffer_map(&ctx->base, pres, PIPE_MAP_READ | PIPE_MAP_WRITE, &ctx->dd.db.bindless_db_xfer);
       zink_batch_bind_db(ctx);
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_resource.c b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_resource.c
index b1c812eac46..006b7536867 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_resource.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_resource.c
@@ -180,7 +180,8 @@ create_bci(struct zink_screen *screen, const struct pipe_resource *templ, unsign
 
    if (bind & ZINK_BIND_DESCRIPTOR) {
       /* gallium sizes are all uint32_t, while the total size of this buffer may exceed that limit */
-      bci.size *= ZINK_DESCRIPTOR_BUFFER_MULTIPLIER;
+      if (templ->usage != ZINK_USAGE_BINDLESS)
+         bci.size *= ZINK_DESCRIPTOR_BUFFER_MULTIPLIER;
       bci.usage = 0;
       if (bind & ZINK_BIND_SAMPLER_DESCRIPTOR)
          bci.usage |= VK_BUFFER_USAGE_SAMPLER_DESCRIPTOR_BUFFER_BIT_EXT;
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_resource.h b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_resource.h
index 37da41827c9..2b368b1ca55 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_resource.h
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_resource.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "zink_types.h"
 
 #define ZINK_MAP_TEMPORARY (PIPE_MAP_DRV_PRV << 0)
+#define ZINK_USAGE_BINDLESS 128 //this is used for bindless descriptors
 #define ZINK_BIND_SAMPLER_DESCRIPTOR (1u << 26)
 #define ZINK_BIND_RESOURCE_DESCRIPTOR (1u << 27)
 #define ZINK_BIND_DESCRIPTOR (ZINK_BIND_SAMPLER_DESCRIPTOR | ZINK_BIND_RESOURCE_DESCRIPTOR)