diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_descriptors.c b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_descriptors.c
index 74c2cd97132..bbf033ca99c 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_descriptors.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_descriptors.c
@@ -1560,7 +1560,7 @@ zink_batch_descriptor_init(struct zink_screen *screen, struct zink_batch_state *
       if (!pres)
          return false;
       bs->dd.db = zink_resource(pres);
-      bs->dd.db_map = pipe_buffer_map(&bs->ctx->base, pres, PIPE_MAP_READ | PIPE_MAP_WRITE, &bs->dd.db_xfer);
+      bs->dd.db_map = pipe_buffer_map(&bs->ctx->base, pres, PIPE_MAP_READ | PIPE_MAP_WRITE | PIPE_MAP_PERSISTENT, &bs->dd.db_xfer);
    }
    return true;
 }
@@ -1702,7 +1702,7 @@ zink_descriptors_init_bindless(struct zink_context *ctx)
       VKSCR(GetDescriptorSetLayoutSizeEXT)(screen->dev, screen->bindless_layout, &size);
       struct pipe_resource *pres = pipe_buffer_create(&screen->base, bind, 0, size);
       ctx->dd.db.bindless_db = zink_resource(pres);
-      ctx->dd.db.bindless_db_map = pipe_buffer_map(&ctx->base, pres, PIPE_MAP_READ | PIPE_MAP_WRITE, &ctx->dd.db.bindless_db_xfer);
+      ctx->dd.db.bindless_db_map = pipe_buffer_map(&ctx->base, pres, PIPE_MAP_READ | PIPE_MAP_WRITE | PIPE_MAP_PERSISTENT, &ctx->dd.db.bindless_db_xfer);
       zink_batch_bind_db(ctx);
       for (unsigned i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
          VkDeviceSize offset;