diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_draw.c b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_draw.c
index 979a15aab5e..cb95ae02623 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_draw.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_draw.c
@@ -962,7 +962,7 @@ zink_draw_vbo(struct pipe_context *pctx,
       }
    }
 
-   if (zink_program_num_descriptors(&gfx_program->base))
+   if (zink_program_has_descriptors(&gfx_program->base))
       update_descriptors(ctx, screen, false);
 
    struct zink_batch *batch = zink_batch_rp(ctx);
@@ -1171,7 +1171,7 @@ zink_launch_grid(struct pipe_context *pctx, const struct pipe_grid_info *info)
    VkPipeline pipeline = zink_get_compute_pipeline(screen, comp_program,
                                                &ctx->compute_pipeline_state);
 
-   if (zink_program_num_descriptors(&comp_program->base))
+   if (zink_program_has_descriptors(&comp_program->base))
       update_descriptors(ctx, screen, true);
 
 
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_program.h b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_program.h
index ac56eb0eab3..6b4c5e749bb 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_program.h
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_program.h
@@ -118,6 +118,16 @@ zink_desc_type_from_vktype(VkDescriptorType type)
    
 }
 
+static inline bool
+zink_program_has_descriptors(const struct zink_program *pg)
+{
+   for (unsigned i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(pg->pool); i++) {
+      if (pg->pool[i])
+         return true;
+   }
+   return false;
+}
+
 unsigned
 zink_program_num_descriptors(const struct zink_program *pg);