diff --git a/.pick_status.json b/.pick_status.json
index d0c637393f3..04385e0a156 100644
--- a/.pick_status.json
+++ b/.pick_status.json
@@ -6214,7 +6214,7 @@
         "description": "lavapipe: fix descriptor set layout reference counting in layout merge",
         "nominated": true,
         "nomination_type": 1,
-        "resolution": 0,
+        "resolution": 1,
         "main_sha": null,
         "because_sha": "d4d5a7abba7a17fc31921a63c135561f74b87254"
     },
diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/lavapipe/lvp_pipeline.c b/src/gallium/frontends/lavapipe/lvp_pipeline.c
index 87d9da57764..58d19c8b073 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/lavapipe/lvp_pipeline.c
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/lavapipe/lvp_pipeline.c
@@ -688,6 +688,10 @@ merge_layouts(struct lvp_pipeline *dst, struct lvp_pipeline_layout *src)
       /* no layout created yet: copy onto ralloc ctx allocation for auto-free */
       dst->layout = ralloc(dst->mem_ctx, struct lvp_pipeline_layout);
       memcpy(dst->layout, src, sizeof(struct lvp_pipeline_layout));
+      for (unsigned i = 0; i < dst->layout->vk.set_count; i++) {
+         if (dst->layout->vk.set_layouts[i])
+            vk_descriptor_set_layout_ref(dst->layout->vk.set_layouts[i]);
+      }
       return;
    }
 #ifndef NDEBUG
@@ -710,8 +714,10 @@ merge_layouts(struct lvp_pipeline *dst, struct lvp_pipeline_layout *src)
    }
 #endif
    for (unsigned i = 0; i < src->vk.set_count; i++) {
-      if (!dst->layout->vk.set_layouts[i])
+      if (!dst->layout->vk.set_layouts[i]) {
          dst->layout->vk.set_layouts[i] = src->vk.set_layouts[i];
+         vk_descriptor_set_layout_ref(src->vk.set_layouts[i]);
+      }
    }
    dst->layout->vk.set_count = MAX2(dst->layout->vk.set_count,
                                     src->vk.set_count);