diff --git a/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_common.c b/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_common.c
index 9fba1b8b952..4d22f184487 100644
--- a/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_common.c
+++ b/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_common.c
@@ -167,6 +167,8 @@ vn_relax_reason_string(enum vn_relax_reason reason)
    switch (reason) {
    case VN_RELAX_REASON_RING_SEQNO:
       return "ring seqno";
+   case VN_RELAX_REASON_TLS_RING_SEQNO:
+      return "tls ring seqno";
    case VN_RELAX_REASON_RING_SPACE:
       return "ring space";
    case VN_RELAX_REASON_FENCE:
@@ -204,6 +206,7 @@ vn_relax_get_profile(enum vn_relax_reason reason)
          .warn_order = 12,
          .abort_order = 16,
       };
+   case VN_RELAX_REASON_TLS_RING_SEQNO:
    case VN_RELAX_REASON_RING_SPACE:
    case VN_RELAX_REASON_FENCE:
    case VN_RELAX_REASON_SEMAPHORE:
diff --git a/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_common.h b/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_common.h
index 320e1853101..2d5f222ab0a 100644
--- a/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_common.h
+++ b/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_common.h
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ struct vn_watchdog {
 
 enum vn_relax_reason {
    VN_RELAX_REASON_RING_SEQNO,
+   VN_RELAX_REASON_TLS_RING_SEQNO,
    VN_RELAX_REASON_RING_SPACE,
    VN_RELAX_REASON_FENCE,
    VN_RELAX_REASON_SEMAPHORE,
diff --git a/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_ring.c b/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_ring.c
index fd209dd94b5..198495404a4 100644
--- a/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_ring.c
+++ b/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_ring.c
@@ -175,8 +175,10 @@ vn_ring_wait_seqno(struct vn_ring *ring, uint32_t seqno)
    /* A renderer wait incurs several hops and the renderer might poll
     * repeatedly anyway.  Let's just poll here.
     */
-   struct vn_relax_state relax_state =
-      vn_relax_init(ring->instance, VN_RELAX_REASON_RING_SEQNO);
+   const enum vn_relax_reason reason = ring == ring->instance->ring.ring
+                                          ? VN_RELAX_REASON_RING_SEQNO
+                                          : VN_RELAX_REASON_TLS_RING_SEQNO;
+   struct vn_relax_state relax_state = vn_relax_init(ring->instance, reason);
    do {
       if (vn_ring_get_seqno_status(ring, seqno)) {
          vn_relax_fini(&relax_state);