diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_descriptors.c b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_descriptors.c
index d45ec8e4b6e..6da7487a20b 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_descriptors.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_descriptors.c
@@ -1434,7 +1434,7 @@ zink_descriptors_update(struct zink_context *ctx, bool is_compute)
                   zds = zink_descriptor_set_get(ctx, h, is_compute, &cache_hit);
                   if (cache_hit) {
                      pdd_cached(pg)->cache_misses[h] = 0;
-                  } else {
+                  } else if (likely(zink_screen(ctx->base.screen)->descriptor_mode != ZINK_DESCRIPTOR_MODE_NOFALLBACK)) {
                      if (++pdd_cached(pg)->cache_misses[h] == MAX_CACHE_MISSES) {
                         const char *set_names[] = {
                            "UBO",
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_screen.c b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_screen.c
index 02ac9cbc113..163977ef086 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_screen.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_screen.c
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ static const struct debug_named_value
 zink_descriptor_options[] = {
    { "auto", ZINK_DESCRIPTOR_MODE_AUTO, "Automatically detect best mode" },
    { "lazy", ZINK_DESCRIPTOR_MODE_LAZY, "Don't cache, do least amount of updates" },
+   { "nofallback", ZINK_DESCRIPTOR_MODE_NOFALLBACK, "Cache, never use lazy fallback" },
    { "notemplates", ZINK_DESCRIPTOR_MODE_NOTEMPLATES, "Cache, but disable templated updates" },
    DEBUG_NAMED_VALUE_END
 };
@@ -1769,7 +1770,7 @@ zink_internal_create_screen(const struct pipe_screen_config *config)
 
    zink_debug = debug_get_option_zink_debug();
    screen->descriptor_mode = debug_get_option_zink_descriptor_mode();
-   if (util_bitcount(screen->descriptor_mode) > 1) {
+   if (screen->descriptor_mode > ZINK_DESCRIPTOR_MODE_NOTEMPLATES) {
       printf("Specify exactly one descriptor mode.\n");
       abort();
    }
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_screen.h b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_screen.h
index f2514ad0b46..07b3dc83576 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_screen.h
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_screen.h
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ enum zink_descriptor_type;
 enum zink_descriptor_mode {
    ZINK_DESCRIPTOR_MODE_AUTO,
    ZINK_DESCRIPTOR_MODE_LAZY,
+   ZINK_DESCRIPTOR_MODE_NOFALLBACK,
    ZINK_DESCRIPTOR_MODE_NOTEMPLATES,
 };