diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_context.c b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_context.c
index dd65b8cb2f6..0889512c023 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_context.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_context.c
@@ -4393,11 +4393,11 @@ zink_resource_copy_region(struct pipe_context *pctx,
       region.extent.height = src_box->height;
 
       struct zink_batch *batch = &ctx->batch;
+      zink_resource_setup_transfer_layouts(ctx, src, dst);
       VkCommandBuffer cmdbuf = zink_get_cmdbuf(ctx, src, dst);
       zink_batch_reference_resource_rw(batch, src, false);
       zink_batch_reference_resource_rw(batch, dst, true);
 
-      zink_resource_setup_transfer_layouts(ctx, src, dst);
       VKCTX(CmdCopyImage)(cmdbuf, src->obj->image, src->layout,
                      dst->obj->image, dst->layout,
                      1, &region);