diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_descriptors.h b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_descriptors.h
index d37447b8d8f..fb9ca5878dc 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_descriptors.h
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_descriptors.h
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ struct zink_descriptor_state_key {
 struct zink_descriptor_layout_key {
    unsigned num_descriptors;
    VkDescriptorSetLayoutBinding *bindings;
+   unsigned use_count;
 };
 
 struct zink_descriptor_layout {
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_descriptors_lazy.c b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_descriptors_lazy.c
index 17ecfb9d39f..038188eec32 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_descriptors_lazy.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_descriptors_lazy.c
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ zink_descriptor_program_init_lazy(struct zink_context *ctx, struct zink_program
             }
          }
          pg->dd->layouts[pg->num_dsl] = zink_descriptor_util_layout_get(ctx, type, bindings[type], num_bindings[type], &pg->dd->layout_key[type]);
+         pg->dd->layout_key[type]->use_count++;
          pg->dsl[pg->num_dsl] = pg->dd->layouts[pg->num_dsl]->layout;
          pg->num_dsl++;
       }
@@ -276,6 +277,10 @@ zink_descriptor_program_init_lazy(struct zink_context *ctx, struct zink_program
 void
 zink_descriptor_program_deinit_lazy(struct zink_screen *screen, struct zink_program *pg)
 {
+   for (unsigned i = 0; pg->num_dsl && i < ZINK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPES; i++) {
+      if (pg->dd->layout_key[i])
+         pg->dd->layout_key[i]->use_count--;
+   }
    if (pg->dd && pg->dd->push_template)
       screen->vk.DestroyDescriptorUpdateTemplate(screen->dev, pg->dd->push_template, NULL);
    ralloc_free(pg->dd);