diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_context.c b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_context.c
index 2e7f9ad3ce1..3c343211051 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_context.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_context.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ zink_context_destroy(struct pipe_context *pctx)
 
    util_blitter_destroy(ctx->blitter);
 
-   pipe_resource_reference(&ctx->dummy_buffer, NULL);
+   pipe_resource_reference(&ctx->dummy_vertex_buffer, NULL);
    for (unsigned i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(ctx->null_buffers); i++)
       pipe_resource_reference(&ctx->null_buffers[i], NULL);
 
@@ -1750,9 +1750,9 @@ zink_context_create(struct pipe_screen *pscreen, void *priv, unsigned flags)
       goto fail;
 
    const uint8_t data[] = { 0 };
-   ctx->dummy_buffer = pipe_buffer_create_with_data(&ctx->base,
+   ctx->dummy_vertex_buffer = pipe_buffer_create_with_data(&ctx->base,
       PIPE_BIND_VERTEX_BUFFER, PIPE_USAGE_IMMUTABLE, sizeof(data), data);
-   if (!ctx->dummy_buffer)
+   if (!ctx->dummy_vertex_buffer)
       goto fail;
 
    /* start the first batch */
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_context.h b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_context.h
index a70a0add35b..774873a48ee 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_context.h
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_context.h
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ struct zink_context {
    struct list_head primitives_generated_queries;
    bool queries_disabled, render_condition_active;
 
-   struct pipe_resource *dummy_buffer;
+   struct pipe_resource *dummy_vertex_buffer;
    struct pipe_resource *null_buffers[5]; /* used to create zink_framebuffer->null_surface, one buffer per samplecount */
 
    uint32_t num_so_targets;
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_draw.c b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_draw.c
index f1edad96c60..288c8e5ad21 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_draw.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_draw.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ zink_bind_vertex_buffers(struct zink_batch *batch, struct zink_context *ctx)
          buffer_offsets[i] = vb->buffer_offset;
          zink_batch_reference_resource_rw(batch, res, false);
       } else {
-         buffers[i] = zink_resource(ctx->dummy_buffer)->buffer;
+         buffers[i] = zink_resource(ctx->dummy_vertex_buffer)->buffer;
          buffer_offsets[i] = 0;
       }
    }
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ update_descriptors(struct zink_context *ctx, struct zink_screen *screen, bool is
             buffer_infos[num_buffer_info].buffer = res ? res->buffer :
                                                    (screen->info.rb2_feats.nullDescriptor ?
                                                     VK_NULL_HANDLE :
-                                                    zink_resource(ctx->dummy_buffer)->buffer);
+                                                    zink_resource(ctx->dummy_vertex_buffer)->buffer);
             buffer_infos[num_buffer_info].offset = res ? ctx->ubos[stage][index].buffer_offset : 0;
             buffer_infos[num_buffer_info].range  = res ? ctx->ubos[stage][index].buffer_size : VK_WHOLE_SIZE;
             wds[num_wds].pBufferInfo = buffer_infos + num_buffer_info;