diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_context.c b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_context.c
index af1a1e468d1..51acea8960b 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_context.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_context.c
@@ -844,6 +844,7 @@ zink_set_vertex_buffers(struct pipe_context *pctx,
             struct zink_resource *res = zink_resource(vb->buffer.resource);
             res->vbo_bind_count++;
             res->bind_count[0]++;
+            zink_batch_reference_resource_rw(&ctx->batch, res, false);
             zink_resource_buffer_barrier(ctx, NULL, res, VK_ACCESS_VERTEX_ATTRIBUTE_READ_BIT,
                                          VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_VERTEX_INPUT_BIT);
          }
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_draw.c b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_draw.c
index d237a3a755e..7357c39a27c 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_draw.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_draw.c
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ zink_bind_vertex_buffers(struct zink_batch *batch, struct zink_context *ctx)
          buffers[i] = res->obj->buffer;
          buffer_offsets[i] = vb->buffer_offset;
          buffer_strides[i] = vb->stride;
-         zink_batch_reference_resource_rw(batch, res, false);
       } else {
          buffers[i] = zink_resource(ctx->dummy_vertex_buffer)->obj->buffer;
          buffer_offsets[i] = 0;