diff --git a/src/broadcom/vulkan/v3dv_cl.c b/src/broadcom/vulkan/v3dv_cl.c
index 62e6144e7ec..fab9b05ec48 100644
--- a/src/broadcom/vulkan/v3dv_cl.c
+++ b/src/broadcom/vulkan/v3dv_cl.c
@@ -62,7 +62,10 @@ cl_alloc_bo(struct v3dv_cl *cl, uint32_t space, bool use_branch)
     * of allocations with large command buffers. This has a very significant
     * impact on the number of draw calls per second reported by vkoverhead.
     */
-   space = cl->bo ? cl->bo->size * 2 : align(space, 4096);
+   space = align(space, 4096);
+   if (cl->bo)
+      space = MAX2(cl->bo->size * 2, space);
+
    struct v3dv_bo *bo = v3dv_bo_alloc(cl->job->device, space, "CL", true);
    if (!bo) {
       fprintf(stderr, "failed to allocate memory for command list\n");