diff --git a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_fs.cpp b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_fs.cpp
index f89390c346c..25731fbd825 100644
--- a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_fs.cpp
+++ b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_fs.cpp
@@ -3192,8 +3192,11 @@ fs_visitor::assign_binding_table_offsets()
 {
    uint32_t next_binding_table_offset = 0;
 
+   /* If there are no color regions, we still perform an FB write to a null
+    * renderbuffer, which we place at surface index 0.
+    */
    c->prog_data.binding_table.render_target_start = next_binding_table_offset;
-   next_binding_table_offset += c->key.nr_color_regions;
+   next_binding_table_offset += MAX2(c->key.nr_color_regions, 1);
 
    assign_common_binding_table_offsets(next_binding_table_offset);
 }