diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_context.c b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_context.c
index 43a3c5fab7f..78e5a325014 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_context.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_context.c
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ panfrost_draw_vbo(struct pipe_context *pipe,
         /* Don't add too many jobs to a single batch. Hardware has a hard limit
          * of 65536 jobs, but we choose a smaller soft limit (arbitrary) to
          * avoid the risk of timeouts. This might not be a good idea. */
-        if (batch->scoreboard.job_index > 10000)
+        if (unlikely(batch->scoreboard.job_index > 10000))
                 batch = panfrost_get_fresh_batch_for_fbo(ctx);
 
         unsigned zs_draws = ctx->depth_stencil->draws;