diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/ci/gitlab-ci-inc.yml b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/ci/gitlab-ci-inc.yml
index 6ed9ba0e9c3..2223ae63978 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/ci/gitlab-ci-inc.yml
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/ci/gitlab-ci-inc.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   rules:
     - !reference [.test, rules]
     - !reference [.gl-rules, rules]
-    - changes:
+    - changes: &zink_files_list
         - src/gallium/drivers/zink/**/*
       when: on_success
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     - !reference [.test, rules]
     - !reference [.gl-manual-rules, rules]
     - changes:
-        - src/gallium/drivers/zink/**/*
+        *zink_files_list
       when: manual
 
 .zink-lvp-rules: