diff --git a/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_knl.h b/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_knl.h
index 60373b7bbce..f6e03883f92 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_knl.h
+++ b/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_knl.h
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ struct tu_sparse_vma {
       struct {
          uint64_t iova;
          uint64_t size;
+         bool backs_lazy_bo;
       } msm;
       struct {
          struct tu_bo *virtual_bo;
diff --git a/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_knl_drm_msm.cc b/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_knl_drm_msm.cc
index 6e498bc4d31..6cdbc36ca76 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_knl_drm_msm.cc
+++ b/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_knl_drm_msm.cc
@@ -890,7 +890,10 @@ msm_bo_init(struct tu_device *dev,
          TU_RMV(internal_resource_create, dev, bo);
          TU_RMV(resource_name, dev, bo, name);
       }
-      bo->lazy = !!lazy_vma;
+      if (lazy_vma) {
+         lazy_vma->msm.backs_lazy_bo = true;
+         bo->lazy = true;
+      }
    } else {
       if (!lazy_vma)
          tu_free_iova(dev, iova, size);
@@ -1155,7 +1158,11 @@ msm_sparse_vma_finish(struct tu_device *dev,
                      vma->msm.size);
    }
 
-   tu_free_iova(dev, vma->msm.iova, vma->msm.size);
+   /* For has_set_iova, if a lazy BO was mapped into this sparse VMA
+    * the allocation will be handed off to the zombie VMA mechanism.
+    */
+   if (dev->physical_device->has_vm_bind || !vma->msm.backs_lazy_bo)
+      tu_free_iova(dev, vma->msm.iova, vma->msm.size);
 }
 
 static int