diff --git a/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_compiler.c b/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_compiler.c
index 53372cab7f9..fd180ea5266 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_compiler.c
+++ b/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_compiler.c
@@ -175,11 +175,12 @@ ir3_compiler_create(struct fd_device *dev, const struct fd_dev_id *dev_id,
       compiler->max_const_safe = 100;
 
       /* Compute shaders don't share a const file with the FS. Instead they
-       * have their own file, which is smaller than the FS one.
+       * have their own file, which is smaller than the FS one. On a7xx the size
+       * was doubled.
        *
        * TODO: is this true on earlier gen's?
        */
-      compiler->max_const_compute = 256;
+      compiler->max_const_compute = compiler->gen >= 7 ? 512 : 256;
 
       /* TODO: implement clip+cull distances on earlier gen's */
       compiler->has_clip_cull = true;