diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/nouveau/nv50/nv50_compute.c b/src/gallium/drivers/nouveau/nv50/nv50_compute.c
index 1a78a371405..95fa696a086 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/nouveau/nv50/nv50_compute.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/nouveau/nv50/nv50_compute.c
@@ -216,6 +216,8 @@ nv50_compute_upload_input(struct nv50_context *nv50, const uint32_t *input)
       nouveau_pushbuf_bufctx(push, nv50->bufctx);
       nouveau_pushbuf_validate(push);
 
+      nouveau_pushbuf_space(push, 0, 0, 1);
+
       BEGIN_NV04(push, NV50_CP(USER_PARAM(0)), size / 4);
       nouveau_pushbuf_data(push, bo, offset, size);