diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_cmdstream.c b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_cmdstream.c
index b5607121ec9..bc1843e56a3 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_cmdstream.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_cmdstream.c
@@ -3700,6 +3700,7 @@ panfrost_direct_draw(struct panfrost_batch *batch,
       panfrost_emit_vertex_tiler_jobs(batch, &vertex, &tiler);
    }
 #endif
+   batch->draw_count++;
 }
 
 static bool
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_job.h b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_job.h
index cd19f275cdc..d362b5ba1fc 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_job.h
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_job.h
@@ -189,6 +189,12 @@ struct panfrost_batch {
     */
    struct pan_tristate sprite_coord_origin;
    struct pan_tristate first_provoking_vertex;
+
+   /* Number of effective draws in the batch. Draws with rasterization disabled
+    * don't count as effective draws. It's basically the number of IDVS or
+    * <vertex,tiler> jobs present in the batch.
+    */
+   uint32_t draw_count;
 };
 
 /* Functions for managing the above */