diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_resource.c b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_resource.c
index 59229220147..253b4a3ade3 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_resource.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_resource.c
@@ -1066,8 +1066,7 @@ resource_object_create(struct zink_screen *screen, const struct pipe_resource *t
       alignment = MAX2(alignment, screen->info.props.limits.minMemoryMapAlignment);
    obj->alignment = alignment;
 
-   mai.memoryTypeIndex = zink_mem_type_idx_from_bits(screen, heap, reqs.memoryTypeBits);
-   if (mai.memoryTypeIndex == UINT32_MAX) {
+   if (zink_mem_type_idx_from_bits(screen, heap, reqs.memoryTypeBits) == UINT32_MAX) {
       /* not valid based on reqs; demote to more compatible type */
       switch (heap) {
       case ZINK_HEAP_DEVICE_LOCAL_VISIBLE:
@@ -1079,9 +1078,9 @@ resource_object_create(struct zink_screen *screen, const struct pipe_resource *t
       default:
          break;
       }
-      mai.memoryTypeIndex = zink_mem_type_idx_from_bits(screen, heap, reqs.memoryTypeBits);
-      assert(mai.memoryTypeIndex != UINT32_MAX);
+      assert(zink_mem_type_idx_from_bits(screen, heap, reqs.memoryTypeBits) != UINT32_MAX);
    }
+   mai.memoryTypeIndex = zink_mem_type_idx_from_bits(screen, heap, reqs.memoryTypeBits);
    assert(reqs.memoryTypeBits & BITFIELD_BIT(mai.memoryTypeIndex));
 
 retry: