diff --git a/source/blender/gpu/intern/gpu_shader_create_info.cc b/source/blender/gpu/intern/gpu_shader_create_info.cc
index efe9a095be9..1bb023456d8 100644
--- a/source/blender/gpu/intern/gpu_shader_create_info.cc
+++ b/source/blender/gpu/intern/gpu_shader_create_info.cc
@@ -556,8 +556,9 @@ void gpu_shader_create_info_init()
     info->builtins_ |= gpu_shader_dependency_get_builtins(info->compute_source_);
 
 #if GPU_SHADER_PRINTF_ENABLE
+    const bool is_material_shader = info->name_.startswith("eevee_surf_");
     if ((info->builtins_ & BuiltinBits::USE_PRINTF) == BuiltinBits::USE_PRINTF ||
-        gpu_shader_dependency_force_gpu_print_injection())
+        (gpu_shader_dependency_force_gpu_print_injection() && is_material_shader))
     {
       info->additional_info("gpu_print");
     }
diff --git a/source/blender/gpu/intern/gpu_shader_dependency.cc b/source/blender/gpu/intern/gpu_shader_dependency.cc
index 6da52d2315f..3ee0a566924 100644
--- a/source/blender/gpu/intern/gpu_shader_dependency.cc
+++ b/source/blender/gpu/intern/gpu_shader_dependency.cc
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ void gpu_shader_dependency_init()
     /* Detect if there is any printf in node lib files.
      * See gpu_shader_dependency_force_gpu_print_injection(). */
     for (auto *value : g_sources->values()) {
-      if ((value->builtins & shader::BuiltinBits::USE_PRINTF) != shader::BuiltinBits::USE_PRINTF) {
+      if (bool(value->builtins & shader::BuiltinBits::USE_PRINTF)) {
         if (value->filename.startswith("gpu_shader_material_")) {
           force_printf_injection = true;
           break;