diff --git a/spa/plugins/vulkan/vulkan-compute-utils.c b/spa/plugins/vulkan/vulkan-compute-utils.c
index 050187d15..73e6d6a21 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/vulkan/vulkan-compute-utils.c
+++ b/spa/plugins/vulkan/vulkan-compute-utils.c
@@ -31,16 +31,6 @@
 #define VULKAN_INSTANCE_FUNCTION(name)						\
 	PFN_##name name = (PFN_##name)vkGetInstanceProcAddr(s->base.instance, #name)
 
-static int createFence(struct vulkan_compute_state *s) {
-	VkFenceCreateInfo createInfo = {
-		.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_FENCE_CREATE_INFO,
-		.flags = 0,
-	};
-	VK_CHECK_RESULT(vkCreateFence(s->base.device, &createInfo, NULL, &s->fence));
-
-	return 0;
-};
-
 static int createDescriptors(struct vulkan_compute_state *s)
 {
 	uint32_t i;
@@ -562,7 +552,7 @@ int spa_vulkan_compute_init_stream(struct vulkan_compute_state *s, struct vulkan
 int spa_vulkan_compute_prepare(struct vulkan_compute_state *s)
 {
 	if (!s->prepared) {
-		CHECK(createFence(s));
+		CHECK(vulkan_fence_create(&s->base, &s->fence));
 		CHECK(createDescriptors(s));
 		CHECK(createComputePipeline(s, s->shaderName));
 		CHECK(createCommandBuffer(s));
diff --git a/spa/plugins/vulkan/vulkan-utils.c b/spa/plugins/vulkan/vulkan-utils.c
index 3dfdc0d85..c7c961605 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/vulkan/vulkan-utils.c
+++ b/spa/plugins/vulkan/vulkan-utils.c
@@ -420,6 +420,17 @@ bool vulkan_sync_export_dmabuf(struct vulkan_base *s, struct vulkan_buffer *vk_b
 	return dmabuf_import_sync_file(s->log, vk_buf->fd, DMA_BUF_SYNC_WRITE, sync_file_fd);
 }
 
+int vulkan_fence_create(struct vulkan_base *s, VkFence *fence)
+{
+	VkFenceCreateInfo createInfo = {
+		.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_FENCE_CREATE_INFO,
+		.flags = 0,
+	};
+	VK_CHECK_RESULT(vkCreateFence(s->device, &createInfo, NULL, fence));
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int vulkan_commandPool_create(struct vulkan_base *s, VkCommandPool *commandPool)
 {
 	const VkCommandPoolCreateInfo commandPoolCreateInfo = {
diff --git a/spa/plugins/vulkan/vulkan-utils.h b/spa/plugins/vulkan/vulkan-utils.h
index 9f9611f95..991b9f57d 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/vulkan/vulkan-utils.h
+++ b/spa/plugins/vulkan/vulkan-utils.h
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ int vulkan_create_dmabuf(struct vulkan_base *s, struct external_buffer_info *inf
 int vulkan_import_dmabuf(struct vulkan_base *s, struct external_buffer_info *info, struct vulkan_buffer *vk_buf);
 int vulkan_import_memptr(struct vulkan_base *s, struct external_buffer_info *info, struct vulkan_buffer *vk_buf);
 
+int vulkan_fence_create(struct vulkan_base *s, VkFence *fence);
 int vulkan_commandPool_create(struct vulkan_base *s, VkCommandPool *commandPool);
 int vulkan_commandBuffer_create(struct vulkan_base *s, VkCommandPool commandPool, VkCommandBuffer *commandBuffer);