diff --git a/src/compiler/nir/nir_lower_ubo_vec4.c b/src/compiler/nir/nir_lower_ubo_vec4.c
index c0f5b1ca4ff..90885b133b4 100644
--- a/src/compiler/nir/nir_lower_ubo_vec4.c
+++ b/src/compiler/nir/nir_lower_ubo_vec4.c
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ nir_lower_ubo_vec4_lower(nir_builder *b, nir_instr *instr, void *data)
 
       result = nir_vector_extract(b, result, component);
    } else if (align_mul == 8 &&
-              align_offset + chan_size_bytes * intr->num_components <= 16) {
+              align_offset + chan_size_bytes * intr->num_components <= 8) {
       /* Special case: Loading small vectors from offset % 8 == 0 can be done
        * with just one load and one bcsel.
        */