diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_screen.c b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_screen.c
index 38936265b8c..b75e61bc675 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_screen.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_screen.c
@@ -2109,6 +2109,14 @@ zink_internal_create_screen(const struct pipe_screen_config *config)
    }
 
    screen->instance_info.loader_version = zink_get_loader_version();
+#if WITH_XMLCONFIG
+   if (config) {
+      driParseConfigFiles(config->options, config->options_info, 0, "zink",
+                          NULL, NULL, NULL, 0, NULL, 0);
+      screen->driconf.dual_color_blend_by_location = driQueryOptionb(config->options, "dual_color_blend_by_location");
+      //screen->driconf.inline_uniforms = driQueryOptionb(config->options, "radeonsi_inline_uniforms");
+   }
+#endif
    screen->instance = zink_create_instance(&screen->instance_info);
 
    if (!screen->instance)
@@ -2228,14 +2236,6 @@ zink_internal_create_screen(const struct pipe_screen_config *config)
 
    slab_create_parent(&screen->transfer_pool, sizeof(struct zink_transfer), 16);
 
-#if WITH_XMLCONFIG
-   if (config) {
-      driParseConfigFiles(config->options, config->options_info, 0, "zink",
-                          NULL, NULL, NULL, 0, NULL, 0);
-      screen->driconf.dual_color_blend_by_location = driQueryOptionb(config->options, "dual_color_blend_by_location");
-      //screen->driconf.inline_uniforms = driQueryOptionb(config->options, "radeonsi_inline_uniforms");
-   }
-#endif
    screen->driconf.inline_uniforms = debug_get_bool_option("ZINK_INLINE_UNIFORMS", screen->is_cpu);
 
    screen->total_video_mem = get_video_mem(screen);