diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_program.c b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_program.c
index 2c37dc62c90..c7f6b97c30d 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_program.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_program.c
@@ -1374,8 +1374,11 @@ create_compute_program(struct zink_context *ctx, nir_shader *nir)
    _mesa_hash_table_init(&comp->pipelines, comp, NULL, comp->use_local_size ?
                                                        equals_compute_pipeline_state_local_size :
                                                        equals_compute_pipeline_state);
-   util_queue_add_job(&screen->cache_get_thread, comp, &comp->base.cache_fence,
-                      precompile_compute_job, NULL, 0);
+   if (zink_debug & ZINK_DEBUG_NOBGC)
+      precompile_compute_job(comp, screen, 0);
+   else
+      util_queue_add_job(&screen->cache_get_thread, comp, &comp->base.cache_fence,
+                        precompile_compute_job, NULL, 0);
    return comp;
 }