diff --git a/src/util/perf/u_perfetto.cc b/src/util/perf/u_perfetto.cc
index 7f1fca8abf7..8cc94682f1a 100644
--- a/src/util/perf/u_perfetto.cc
+++ b/src/util/perf/u_perfetto.cc
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ util_perfetto_init_once(void)
    // Connects to the system tracing service
    perfetto::TracingInitArgs args;
    args.backends = perfetto::kSystemBackend;
+   args.shmem_size_hint_kb = 2000;
    perfetto::Tracing::Initialize(args);
 
    static UtilPerfettoObserver observer;