diff --git a/src/panfrost/lib/pan_scoreboard.c b/src/panfrost/lib/pan_scoreboard.c
index 5589b4da584..81a79dd84ec 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/lib/pan_scoreboard.c
+++ b/src/panfrost/lib/pan_scoreboard.c
@@ -203,9 +203,7 @@ panfrost_scoreboard_initialize_tiler(struct pan_pool *pool,
         /* Okay, we do. Let's generate it. We'll need the job's polygon list
          * regardless of size. */
 
-        transfer = panfrost_pool_alloc_aligned(pool,
-                                               MALI_WRITE_VALUE_JOB_LENGTH,
-                                               64);
+        transfer = panfrost_pool_alloc_desc(pool, WRITE_VALUE_JOB);
 
         pan_section_pack(transfer.cpu, WRITE_VALUE_JOB, HEADER, header) {
                 header.type = MALI_JOB_TYPE_WRITE_VALUE;