diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_context.c b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_context.c
index 3de6de3970d..ae45a1a405c 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_context.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_context.c
@@ -2024,7 +2024,9 @@ zink_maybe_flush_or_stall(struct zink_context *ctx)
 {
    struct zink_screen *screen = zink_screen(ctx->base.screen);
    /* flush anytime our total batch memory usage is potentially >= 50% of total video memory */
-   if (ctx->batch.state->resource_size >= screen->total_video_mem / 2)
+   if (ctx->batch.state->resource_size >= screen->total_video_mem / 2 ||
+       /* or if there's >100k draws+computes */
+       ctx->batch.state->work_count[0] + ctx->batch.state->work_count[1] >= 100000)
       flush_batch(ctx, true);
 
    if (ctx->resource_size >= screen->total_video_mem / 2 || _mesa_hash_table_num_entries(&ctx->batch_states) > 100) {
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_draw.c b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_draw.c
index 12c6aa6caf0..2f0db2d9480 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_draw.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_draw.c
@@ -714,8 +714,6 @@ zink_draw_vbo(struct pipe_context *pctx,
       screen->vk_CmdEndTransformFeedbackEXT(batch->state->cmdbuf, 0, ctx->num_so_targets, counter_buffers, counter_buffer_offsets);
    }
    batch->has_work = true;
-   if (batch->state->work_count[0] + batch->state->work_count[1] >= 100000)
-      pctx->flush(pctx, NULL, 0);
 }
 
 void
@@ -754,6 +752,4 @@ zink_launch_grid(struct pipe_context *pctx, const struct pipe_grid_info *info)
    } else
       vkCmdDispatch(batch->state->cmdbuf, info->grid[0], info->grid[1], info->grid[2]);
    batch->has_work = true;
-   if (batch->state->work_count[0] + batch->state->work_count[1] >= 100000)
-      pctx->flush(pctx, NULL, 0);
 }