diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_context.c b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_context.c
index defca8d80e0..29c56dc8356 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_context.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_context.c
@@ -4182,7 +4182,7 @@ zink_context_create(struct pipe_screen *pscreen, void *priv, unsigned flags)
    if (!ctx->dummy_vertex_buffer)
       goto fail;
    ctx->dummy_xfb_buffer = pipe_buffer_create(&screen->base,
-      PIPE_BIND_STREAM_OUTPUT, PIPE_USAGE_DEFAULT, sizeof(data));
+      PIPE_BIND_STREAM_OUTPUT, PIPE_USAGE_IMMUTABLE, sizeof(data));
    if (!ctx->dummy_xfb_buffer)
       goto fail;
    for (unsigned i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(ctx->dummy_surface); i++) {