diff --git a/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_descriptor_set_layout.c b/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_descriptor_set_layout.c
index 575b246e6ca..402bca2c4a8 100644
--- a/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_descriptor_set_layout.c
+++ b/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_descriptor_set_layout.c
@@ -448,6 +448,7 @@ nvk_GetDescriptorSetLayoutSupport(VkDevice device,
    uint64_t non_variable_size = 0;
    uint32_t variable_stride = 0;
    uint32_t variable_count = 0;
+   bool variable_is_inline_uniform_block = false;
    uint8_t dynamic_buffer_count = 0;
 
    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < pCreateInfo->bindingCount; i++) {
@@ -473,6 +474,9 @@ nvk_GetDescriptorSetLayoutSupport(VkDevice device,
          assert(stride <= UINT8_MAX);
          assert(util_is_power_of_two_nonzero(alignment));
 
+         variable_is_inline_uniform_block =
+            binding->descriptorType == VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_INLINE_UNIFORM_BLOCK;
+
          if (flags & VK_DESCRIPTOR_BINDING_VARIABLE_DESCRIPTOR_COUNT_BIT) {
             /* From the Vulkan 1.3.256 spec:
              *
@@ -503,6 +507,8 @@ nvk_GetDescriptorSetLayoutSupport(VkDevice device,
    if (pCreateInfo->flags &
        VK_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT_CREATE_PUSH_DESCRIPTOR_BIT_KHR)
       max_buffer_size = NVK_MAX_PUSH_DESCRIPTORS * nvk_max_descriptor_size(&pdev->info);
+   else if (variable_is_inline_uniform_block)
+      max_buffer_size = NVK_MAX_INLINE_UNIFORM_BLOCK_SIZE;
    else
       max_buffer_size = NVK_MAX_DESCRIPTOR_SET_SIZE;
 
diff --git a/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_physical_device.c b/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_physical_device.c
index a47d8bdaef1..1dd25ce05c9 100644
--- a/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_physical_device.c
+++ b/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_physical_device.c
@@ -970,7 +970,7 @@ nvk_get_device_properties(const struct nvk_instance *instance,
       .maxSubgroupSize = 32,
       .maxComputeWorkgroupSubgroups = 1024 / 32,
       .requiredSubgroupSizeStages = 0,
-      .maxInlineUniformBlockSize = 1 << 16,
+      .maxInlineUniformBlockSize = NVK_MAX_INLINE_UNIFORM_BLOCK_SIZE,
       .maxPerStageDescriptorInlineUniformBlocks = 32,
       .maxPerStageDescriptorUpdateAfterBindInlineUniformBlocks = 32,
       .maxDescriptorSetInlineUniformBlocks = 6 * 32,
diff --git a/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_private.h b/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_private.h
index 18a08f6e039..d67d9e91b8d 100644
--- a/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_private.h
+++ b/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_private.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #define NVK_MAX_DESCRIPTOR_SIZE 32
 #define NVK_MAX_PUSH_DESCRIPTORS 32
 #define NVK_MAX_DESCRIPTOR_SET_SIZE (1u << 30)
+#define NVK_MAX_INLINE_UNIFORM_BLOCK_SIZE (1u << 16)
 #define NVK_MAX_DESCRIPTORS (1 << 20)
 #define NVK_PUSH_DESCRIPTOR_SET_SIZE \
    (NVK_MAX_PUSH_DESCRIPTORS * NVK_MAX_DESCRIPTOR_SIZE)