diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_screen.c b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_screen.c
index 0a6137e6035..51ac14bde52 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_screen.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_screen.c
@@ -464,9 +464,12 @@ zink_get_compute_param(struct pipe_screen *pscreen, enum pipe_shader_ir ir_type,
    case PIPE_COMPUTE_CAP_MAX_GLOBAL_SIZE:
       RET((uint64_t []) { screen->total_video_mem });
 
+   case PIPE_COMPUTE_CAP_MAX_COMPUTE_UNITS:
+      // no way in vulkan to retrieve this information.
+      RET((uint32_t []) { 1 });
+
    case PIPE_COMPUTE_CAP_MAX_SUBGROUPS:
    case PIPE_COMPUTE_CAP_MAX_CLOCK_FREQUENCY:
-   case PIPE_COMPUTE_CAP_MAX_COMPUTE_UNITS:
    case PIPE_COMPUTE_CAP_MAX_PRIVATE_SIZE:
    case PIPE_COMPUTE_CAP_MAX_INPUT_SIZE:
       // XXX: I think these are for Clover...