diff --git a/src/compiler/nir/nir.h b/src/compiler/nir/nir.h
index df76df56d20..8a894878bbc 100644
--- a/src/compiler/nir/nir.h
+++ b/src/compiler/nir/nir.h
@@ -6712,6 +6712,14 @@ bool nir_dedup_inline_samplers(nir_shader *shader);
 typedef struct nir_lower_ssbo_options {
    bool native_loads;
    bool native_offset;
+
+   /* If non-zero, use @get_ssbo_size to only use global memory accesses for
+    * SSBOs larger than this. Keep the existing SSBO accesses for smaller
+    * SSBOs. This is useful for HW hat has native SSBO access instructions
+    * that only support a limited size to only fall back to global memory for
+    * larger buffers.
+    */
+   uint32_t min_ssbo_size;
 } nir_lower_ssbo_options;
 
 bool nir_lower_ssbo(nir_shader *shader, const nir_lower_ssbo_options *opts);
diff --git a/src/compiler/nir/nir_lower_ssbo.c b/src/compiler/nir/nir_lower_ssbo.c
index 95cedd5db9a..10378faf7e0 100644
--- a/src/compiler/nir/nir_lower_ssbo.c
+++ b/src/compiler/nir/nir_lower_ssbo.c
@@ -39,10 +39,30 @@ calc_address(nir_builder *b, nir_intrinsic_instr *intr,
 static bool
 pass(nir_builder *b, nir_intrinsic_instr *intr, void *data)
 {
+   /* Exit early for intrinsics that we don't lower to avoid emitting empty
+    * if/else blocks.
+    */
+   switch (intr->intrinsic) {
+   case nir_intrinsic_load_ssbo:
+   case nir_intrinsic_store_ssbo:
+   case nir_intrinsic_ssbo_atomic:
+   case nir_intrinsic_ssbo_atomic_swap:
+      break;
+   default:
+      return false;
+   }
+
    const nir_lower_ssbo_options *opts = data;
+   uint32_t min_ssbo_size = opts ? opts->min_ssbo_size : 0;
 
    b->cursor = nir_before_instr(&intr->instr);
 
+   if (min_ssbo_size) {
+      nir_def *ssbo_size =
+         nir_get_ssbo_size(b, 32, nir_get_io_index_src(intr)->ssa);
+      nir_push_if(b, nir_uge_imm(b, ssbo_size, min_ssbo_size));
+   }
+
    nir_def *def = NULL;
    switch (intr->intrinsic) {
    case nir_intrinsic_load_ssbo:
@@ -82,6 +102,16 @@ pass(nir_builder *b, nir_intrinsic_instr *intr, void *data)
       return false;
    }
 
+   if (min_ssbo_size) {
+      nir_push_else(b, NULL);
+      nir_instr *ssbo_clone = nir_instr_clone(b->shader, &intr->instr);
+      nir_instr_insert(b->cursor, ssbo_clone);
+      nir_pop_if(b, NULL);
+
+      if (def)
+         def = nir_if_phi(b, def, nir_instr_def(ssbo_clone));
+   }
+
    if (def)
       nir_def_rewrite_uses(&intr->def, def);