diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_screen.c b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_screen.c
index 79216b5312d..96088991194 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_screen.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_screen.c
@@ -267,7 +267,6 @@ cache_get_job(void *data, void *gdata, int thread_index)
 void
 zink_screen_get_pipeline_cache(struct zink_screen *screen, struct zink_program *pg)
 {
-   util_queue_fence_init(&pg->cache_fence);
    if (!screen->disk_cache)
       return;