diff --git a/src/vulkan/allocator.c b/src/vulkan/allocator.c
index 94b7d548bfc..5cabc466841 100644
--- a/src/vulkan/allocator.c
+++ b/src/vulkan/allocator.c
@@ -203,7 +203,11 @@ anv_block_pool_init(struct anv_block_pool *pool,
  * without copying.  It breaks valgrind however, so we have a MAP_ANONYMOUS
  * path we can take for valgrind debugging. */
 
-#define USE_MEMFD 1
+#ifdef HAVE_VALGRIND
+#  define USE_MEMFD 0
+#else
+#  define USE_MEMFD 1
+#endif
 
 void
 anv_block_pool_finish(struct anv_block_pool *pool)