diff --git a/src/target/spirv/ir_builder.cc b/src/target/spirv/ir_builder.cc
index 135888c23d8b..f912e482761c 100644
--- a/src/target/spirv/ir_builder.cc
+++ b/src/target/spirv/ir_builder.cc
@@ -178,23 +178,24 @@ SType IRBuilder::GetStructArrayType(const SType& value_type, uint32_t num_elems,
   } else {
     ib_.Begin(spv::OpTypeRuntimeArray).AddSeq(arr_type, value_type).Commit(&global_);
   }
-  int nbits = value_type.type.bits() * value_type.type.lanes();
-  TVM_FFI_ICHECK_EQ(nbits % 8, 0);
-  uint32_t nbytes = static_cast<uint32_t>(nbits) / 8;
-  // decorate the array type.
-  this->Decorate(spv::OpDecorate, arr_type, spv::DecorationArrayStride, nbytes);
+  if (interface_block) {
+    int nbits = value_type.type.bits() * value_type.type.lanes();
+    TVM_FFI_ICHECK_EQ(nbits % 8, 0);
+    uint32_t nbytes = static_cast<uint32_t>(nbits) / 8;
+    // Explicit layout is required for descriptor-backed interface blocks.
+    this->Decorate(spv::OpDecorate, arr_type, spv::DecorationArrayStride, nbytes);
+  }
   // declare struct of array
   SType struct_type;
   struct_type.id = id_counter_++;
   struct_type.type = DataType::Handle();
   struct_type.element_type_id = value_type.id;
   ib_.Begin(spv::OpTypeStruct).AddSeq(struct_type, arr_type).Commit(&global_);
-  // decorate the array type.
-  ib_.Begin(spv::OpMemberDecorate)
-      .AddSeq(struct_type, 0, spv::DecorationOffset, 0)
-      .Commit(&decorate_);
 
   if (interface_block) {
+    ib_.Begin(spv::OpMemberDecorate)
+        .AddSeq(struct_type, 0, spv::DecorationOffset, 0)
+        .Commit(&decorate_);
     // Runtime array are always decorated as Block or BufferBlock
     // (shader storage buffer)
     if (spirv_support_.supports_storage_buffer_storage_class) {
diff --git a/tests/python/codegen/test_target_codegen_vulkan.py b/tests/python/codegen/test_target_codegen_vulkan.py
index 38830ae96f30..9af08c1a04bb 100644
--- a/tests/python/codegen/test_target_codegen_vulkan.py
+++ b/tests/python/codegen/test_target_codegen_vulkan.py
@@ -515,6 +515,24 @@ def kernel():
     vulkan_codegen(Module, target)
 
 
+@tvm.testing.requires_vulkan(support_required="compile-only")
+def test_codegen_static_shared_memory():
+    """The codegen should accept static shared/workgroup allocations."""
+
+    @I.ir_module
+    class Module:
+        @T.prim_func
+        def main(A: T.Buffer((128,), "float32"), B: T.Buffer((128,), "float32")):
+            A_shared = T.alloc_buffer((128,), dtype="float32", scope="shared")
+
+            for bx in T.thread_binding(1, thread="blockIdx.x"):
+                for tx in T.thread_binding(128, thread="threadIdx.x"):
+                    A_shared[tx] = A[tx]
+                    B[tx] = A_shared[tx]
+
+    tvm.compile(Module, target="vulkan")
+
+
 @tvm.testing.requires_gpu
 @tvm.testing.requires_vulkan
 def test_unary():