diff --git a/.pick_status.json b/.pick_status.json
index 813bbd11f8d..341573861d8 100644
--- a/.pick_status.json
+++ b/.pick_status.json
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@
         "description": "amd: use a valid size for ac_pm4_state allocation",
         "nominated": true,
         "nomination_type": 1,
-        "resolution": 0,
+        "resolution": 1,
         "main_sha": null,
         "because_sha": "428601095c38bd80f4ed164414f8096edd73832f",
         "notes": null
diff --git a/src/amd/common/ac_pm4.c b/src/amd/common/ac_pm4.c
index bbac8cccfac..df9a6d9448c 100644
--- a/src/amd/common/ac_pm4.c
+++ b/src/amd/common/ac_pm4.c
@@ -409,7 +409,11 @@ ac_pm4_create_sized(const struct radeon_info *info, bool debug_sqtt,
                     unsigned max_dw, bool is_compute_queue)
 {
    struct ac_pm4_state *pm4;
-   unsigned size = sizeof(*pm4) + 4 * (max_dw - ARRAY_SIZE(pm4->pm4));
+   unsigned size;
+
+   max_dw = MAX2(max_dw, ARRAY_SIZE(pm4->pm4));
+
+   size = sizeof(*pm4) + 4 * (max_dw - ARRAY_SIZE(pm4->pm4));
 
    pm4 = (struct ac_pm4_state *)calloc(1, size);
    if (pm4) {