diff --git a/src/intel/vulkan/anv_instance.c b/src/intel/vulkan/anv_instance.c
index 1c9c57b15f0..0a3b43522ce 100644
--- a/src/intel/vulkan/anv_instance.c
+++ b/src/intel/vulkan/anv_instance.c
@@ -327,6 +327,9 @@ VkResult anv_CreateInstance(
    instance->debug = parse_debug_string(os_get_option("ANV_DEBUG"),
                                         debug_control);
 
+   process_intel_debug_variable();
+   instance->vk.enable_debug_logging = INTEL_DEBUG(DEBUG_PERF);
+
    intel_driver_ds_init();
 
    *pInstance = anv_instance_to_handle(instance);
diff --git a/src/intel/vulkan/anv_physical_device.c b/src/intel/vulkan/anv_physical_device.c
index 8b9d4bc561e..802c081b579 100644
--- a/src/intel/vulkan/anv_physical_device.c
+++ b/src/intel/vulkan/anv_physical_device.c
@@ -2639,8 +2639,6 @@ anv_physical_device_try_create(struct vk_instance *vk_instance,
    int master_fd = -1;
    int ret;
 
-   process_intel_debug_variable();
-
    fd = open(path, O_RDWR | O_CLOEXEC);
    if (fd < 0) {
       if (errno == ENOMEM) {