diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_resource.c b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_resource.c
index 47448499f4d..ad19ad767b7 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_resource.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_resource.c
@@ -1527,13 +1527,13 @@ panfrost_pack_afbc(struct panfrost_context *ctx,
 
    unsigned new_size = ALIGN_POT(total_size, 4096); // FIXME
    unsigned old_size = prsrc->image.data.bo->size;
+   unsigned ratio = 100 * new_size / old_size;
 
-   if (new_size == old_size)
+   if (ratio > screen->max_afbc_packing_ratio)
       return;
 
    if (dev->debug & PAN_DBG_PERF) {
-      printf("%i%%: %i KB -> %i KB\n", 100 * new_size / old_size,
-             old_size / 1024, new_size / 1024);
+      printf("%i%%: %i KB -> %i KB\n", ratio, old_size / 1024, new_size / 1024);
    }
 
    struct panfrost_bo *dst =
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_screen.c b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_screen.c
index d4605df94bc..2b12dfa8a69 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_screen.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_screen.c
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@
 
 #include "pan_context.h"
 
+#define DEFAULT_MAX_AFBC_PACKING_RATIO 90
+
 /* clang-format off */
 static const struct debug_named_value panfrost_debug_options[] = {
    {"perf",       PAN_DBG_PERF,     "Enable performance warnings"},
@@ -840,6 +842,8 @@ panfrost_create_screen(int fd, const struct pipe_screen_config *config,
    /* Debug must be set first for pandecode to work correctly */
    dev->debug =
       debug_get_flags_option("PAN_MESA_DEBUG", panfrost_debug_options, 0);
+   screen->max_afbc_packing_ratio = debug_get_num_option(
+      "PAN_MAX_AFBC_PACKING_RATIO", DEFAULT_MAX_AFBC_PACKING_RATIO);
    panfrost_open_device(screen, fd, dev);
 
    if (dev->debug & PAN_DBG_NO_AFBC)
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_screen.h b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_screen.h
index 9c378d6a4a3..9ae94e619e5 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_screen.h
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_screen.h
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ struct panfrost_screen {
 
    struct panfrost_vtable vtbl;
    struct disk_cache *disk_cache;
+   unsigned max_afbc_packing_ratio;
 };
 
 static inline struct panfrost_screen *