diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_compiler.c b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_compiler.c
index f09625e0e4f..1a35bab24a1 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_compiler.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_compiler.c
@@ -1162,7 +1162,10 @@ zink_shader_compile(struct zink_screen *screen, struct zink_shader *zs, nir_shad
    ralloc_free(nir);
 
    /* TODO: determine if there's any reason to cache spirv output? */
-   ralloc_free(spirv);
+   if (zs->is_generated)
+      zs->spirv = spirv;
+   else
+      ralloc_free(spirv);
    return mod;
 }
 
@@ -1961,6 +1964,7 @@ zink_shader_free(struct zink_context *ctx, struct zink_shader *shader)
    }
    _mesa_set_destroy(shader->programs, NULL);
    ralloc_free(shader->nir);
+   ralloc_free(shader->spirv);
    FREE(shader);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_compiler.h b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_compiler.h
index cb4d349e9c8..71dd2cb7926 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_compiler.h
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_compiler.h
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ struct zink_shader {
    uint32_t ubos_used; // bitfield of which ubo indices are used
    uint32_t ssbos_used; // bitfield of which ssbo indices are used
    bool bindless;
+   struct spirv_shader *spirv;
 
    simple_mtx_t lock;
    struct set *programs;