diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_context.h b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_context.h
index a514889f410..c6b89b2d526 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_context.h
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_context.h
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ void
 zink_resource_buffer_barrier2(struct zink_context *ctx, struct zink_resource *res, VkAccessFlags flags, VkPipelineStageFlags pipeline);
 bool
 zink_resource_image_needs_barrier(struct zink_resource *res, VkImageLayout new_layout, VkAccessFlags flags, VkPipelineStageFlags pipeline);
-bool
+void
 zink_resource_image_barrier_init(VkImageMemoryBarrier *imb, struct zink_resource *res, VkImageLayout new_layout, VkAccessFlags flags, VkPipelineStageFlags pipeline);
 void
 zink_resource_image_barrier(struct zink_context *ctx, struct zink_resource *res,
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_synchronization.cpp b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_synchronization.cpp
index 2e369daa5c5..ba0a7d10d53 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_synchronization.cpp
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_synchronization.cpp
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ zink_resource_image_needs_barrier(struct zink_resource *res, VkImageLayout new_l
           zink_resource_access_is_write(flags);
 }
 
-bool
+void
 zink_resource_image_barrier_init(VkImageMemoryBarrier *imb, struct zink_resource *res, VkImageLayout new_layout, VkAccessFlags flags, VkPipelineStageFlags pipeline)
 {
    if (!pipeline)
@@ -197,10 +197,9 @@ zink_resource_image_barrier_init(VkImageMemoryBarrier *imb, struct zink_resource
       res->obj->image,
       isr
    };
-   return res->obj->needs_zs_evaluate || zink_resource_image_needs_barrier(res, new_layout, flags, pipeline);
 }
 
-static bool
+static void
 zink_resource_image_barrier2_init(VkImageMemoryBarrier2 *imb, struct zink_resource *res, VkImageLayout new_layout, VkAccessFlags flags, VkPipelineStageFlags pipeline)
 {
    if (!pipeline)
@@ -227,7 +226,6 @@ zink_resource_image_barrier2_init(VkImageMemoryBarrier2 *imb, struct zink_resour
       res->obj->image,
       isr
    };
-   return res->obj->needs_zs_evaluate || zink_resource_image_needs_barrier(res, new_layout, flags, pipeline);
 }
 
 static inline bool