diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_batch.c b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_batch.c
index fcfe301603e..9e1585e73c2 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_batch.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_batch.c
@@ -167,6 +167,9 @@ zink_reset_batch_state(struct zink_context *ctx, struct zink_batch_state *bs)
    bs->unordered_write_access = 0;
    bs->unordered_write_stages = 0;
 
+   /* only increment batch generation if previously in-use to avoid false detection of batch completion */
+   if (bs->fence.submitted)
+      bs->usage.submit_count++;
    /* only reset submitted here so that tc fence desync can pick up the 'completed' flag
     * before the state is reused
     */
@@ -174,7 +177,6 @@ zink_reset_batch_state(struct zink_context *ctx, struct zink_batch_state *bs)
    bs->has_barriers = false;
    if (bs->fence.batch_id)
       zink_screen_update_last_finished(screen, bs->fence.batch_id);
-   bs->usage.submit_count++;
    bs->fence.batch_id = 0;
    bs->usage.usage = 0;
    bs->next = NULL;