diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_bo.c b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_bo.c
index 5c70480f84f..846214cd3be 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_bo.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_bo.c
@@ -262,7 +262,6 @@ bo_create_internal(struct zink_screen *screen,
    mai.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_MEMORY_ALLOCATE_INFO;
    mai.pNext = pNext;
    mai.allocationSize = size;
-demote:
    mai.memoryTypeIndex = screen->heap_map[heap];
    if (screen->info.mem_props.memoryTypes[mai.memoryTypeIndex].propertyFlags & VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_VISIBLE_BIT) {
       alignment = MAX2(alignment, screen->info.props.limits.minMemoryMapAlignment);
@@ -285,11 +284,6 @@ demote:
 
    VkResult ret = VKSCR(AllocateMemory)(screen->dev, &mai, NULL, &bo->mem);
    if (!zink_screen_handle_vkresult(screen, ret)) {
-      if (heap == ZINK_HEAP_DEVICE_LOCAL_VISIBLE) {
-         heap = ZINK_HEAP_DEVICE_LOCAL;
-         mesa_loge("zink: %p couldn't allocate memory! from BAR heap: retrying as device-local", bo);
-         goto demote;
-      }
       mesa_loge("zink: couldn't allocate memory! from heap %u", heap);
       goto fail;
    }
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_resource.c b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_resource.c
index 569b625d3f7..f4e0bb82b84 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_resource.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_resource.c
@@ -957,9 +957,15 @@ resource_object_create(struct zink_screen *screen, const struct pipe_resource *t
    if (templ->usage == PIPE_USAGE_STAGING && obj->is_buffer)
       alignment = MAX2(alignment, screen->info.props.limits.minMemoryMapAlignment);
    obj->alignment = alignment;
+retry:
    obj->bo = zink_bo(zink_bo_create(screen, reqs.size, alignment, heap, mai.pNext ? ZINK_ALLOC_NO_SUBALLOC : 0, mai.pNext));
-   if (!obj->bo)
-     goto fail2;
+   if (!obj->bo) {
+      if (heap == ZINK_HEAP_DEVICE_LOCAL_VISIBLE) {
+         heap = ZINK_HEAP_DEVICE_LOCAL;
+         goto retry;
+      }
+      goto fail2;
+   }
    if (aflags == ZINK_ALLOC_SPARSE) {
       obj->size = templ->width0;
    } else {