diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/iris/iris_context.c b/src/gallium/drivers/iris/iris_context.c
index c594f19beb9..14c5d1dbad9 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/iris/iris_context.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/iris/iris_context.c
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ iris_flush(struct pipe_context *ctx,
    struct iris_context *ice = (struct iris_context *)ctx;
 
    iris_batch_flush(&ice->render_batch);
-   iris_batch_flush(&ice->compute_batch);
+
+   if (ice->compute_batch.contains_draw)
+      iris_batch_flush(&ice->compute_batch);
 
    // XXX: bogus!!!
    if (fence)