diff --git a/src/panfrost/vulkan/csf/panvk_vX_cmd_buffer.c b/src/panfrost/vulkan/csf/panvk_vX_cmd_buffer.c
index 587d51889fa..00cba27d79d 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/vulkan/csf/panvk_vX_cmd_buffer.c
+++ b/src/panfrost/vulkan/csf/panvk_vX_cmd_buffer.c
@@ -975,7 +975,7 @@ panvk_create_cmdbuf(struct vk_command_pool *vk_pool, VkCommandBufferLevel level,
       .owns_bos = true,
       .needs_locking = false,
    };
-   panvk_pool_init(&cmdbuf->cs_pool, device, &pool->cs_bo_pool, &cs_pool_props);
+   panvk_pool_init(&cmdbuf->cs_pool, device, &pool->cs_bo_pool, NULL, &cs_pool_props);
 
    struct panvk_pool_properties desc_pool_props = {
       .create_flags = 0,
@@ -985,7 +985,7 @@ panvk_create_cmdbuf(struct vk_command_pool *vk_pool, VkCommandBufferLevel level,
       .owns_bos = true,
       .needs_locking = false,
    };
-   panvk_pool_init(&cmdbuf->desc_pool, device, &pool->desc_bo_pool,
+   panvk_pool_init(&cmdbuf->desc_pool, device, &pool->desc_bo_pool, NULL,
                    &desc_pool_props);
 
    struct panvk_pool_properties tls_pool_props = {
@@ -997,7 +997,7 @@ panvk_create_cmdbuf(struct vk_command_pool *vk_pool, VkCommandBufferLevel level,
       .owns_bos = true,
       .needs_locking = false,
    };
-   panvk_pool_init(&cmdbuf->tls_pool, device, &pool->tls_bo_pool,
+   panvk_pool_init(&cmdbuf->tls_pool, device, &pool->tls_bo_pool, &pool->tls_big_bo_pool,
                    &tls_pool_props);
 
    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(cmdbuf->utrace.uts); i++)
diff --git a/src/panfrost/vulkan/csf/panvk_vX_utrace.c b/src/panfrost/vulkan/csf/panvk_vX_utrace.c
index 59c768a2064..e5e7610b1ec 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/vulkan/csf/panvk_vX_utrace.c
+++ b/src/panfrost/vulkan/csf/panvk_vX_utrace.c
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ panvk_per_arch(utrace_clone_init_pool)(struct panvk_pool *pool,
       .label = "utrace clone pool",
       .owns_bos = true,
    };
-   panvk_pool_init(pool, dev, NULL, &pool_props);
+   panvk_pool_init(pool, dev, NULL, NULL, &pool_props);
 }
 
 static struct cs_buffer
diff --git a/src/panfrost/vulkan/jm/panvk_vX_cmd_buffer.c b/src/panfrost/vulkan/jm/panvk_vX_cmd_buffer.c
index 17fd54e90f1..d606eedaf11 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/vulkan/jm/panvk_vX_cmd_buffer.c
+++ b/src/panfrost/vulkan/jm/panvk_vX_cmd_buffer.c
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ panvk_create_cmdbuf(struct vk_command_pool *vk_pool, VkCommandBufferLevel level,
       .owns_bos = true,
       .needs_locking = false,
    };
-   panvk_pool_init(&cmdbuf->desc_pool, device, &pool->desc_bo_pool,
+   panvk_pool_init(&cmdbuf->desc_pool, device, &pool->desc_bo_pool, NULL,
                    &desc_pool_props);
 
    struct panvk_pool_properties tls_pool_props = {
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ panvk_create_cmdbuf(struct vk_command_pool *vk_pool, VkCommandBufferLevel level,
       .owns_bos = true,
       .needs_locking = false,
    };
-   panvk_pool_init(&cmdbuf->tls_pool, device, &pool->tls_bo_pool,
+   panvk_pool_init(&cmdbuf->tls_pool, device, &pool->tls_bo_pool, &pool->tls_big_bo_pool,
                    &tls_pool_props);
 
    struct panvk_pool_properties var_pool_props = {
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ panvk_create_cmdbuf(struct vk_command_pool *vk_pool, VkCommandBufferLevel level,
       .owns_bos = true,
       .needs_locking = false,
    };
-   panvk_pool_init(&cmdbuf->varying_pool, device, &pool->varying_bo_pool,
+   panvk_pool_init(&cmdbuf->varying_pool, device, &pool->varying_bo_pool, NULL,
                    &var_pool_props);
 
    list_inithead(&cmdbuf->batches);
diff --git a/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_cmd_pool.c b/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_cmd_pool.c
index 315cbac2232..a0b89f747d9 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_cmd_pool.c
+++ b/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_cmd_pool.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ panvk_CreateCommandPool(VkDevice _device,
    panvk_bo_pool_init(&pool->desc_bo_pool);
    panvk_bo_pool_init(&pool->varying_bo_pool);
    panvk_bo_pool_init(&pool->tls_bo_pool);
+   panvk_bo_pool_init(&pool->tls_big_bo_pool);
    list_inithead(&pool->push_sets);
    *pCmdPool = panvk_cmd_pool_to_handle(pool);
    return VK_SUCCESS;
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ panvk_DestroyCommandPool(VkDevice _device, VkCommandPool commandPool,
    panvk_bo_pool_cleanup(&pool->desc_bo_pool);
    panvk_bo_pool_cleanup(&pool->varying_bo_pool);
    panvk_bo_pool_cleanup(&pool->tls_bo_pool);
+   panvk_bo_pool_cleanup(&pool->tls_big_bo_pool);
 
    list_for_each_entry_safe(struct panvk_cmd_pool_obj, obj, &pool->push_sets,
                             node) {
diff --git a/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_cmd_pool.h b/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_cmd_pool.h
index 8f18999f793..9c173203849 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_cmd_pool.h
+++ b/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_cmd_pool.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ struct panvk_cmd_pool {
    struct panvk_bo_pool desc_bo_pool;
    struct panvk_bo_pool varying_bo_pool;
    struct panvk_bo_pool tls_bo_pool;
+   struct panvk_bo_pool tls_big_bo_pool;
    struct list_head push_sets;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_mempool.c b/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_mempool.c
index daba1c97e39..491bc9afcc9 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_mempool.c
+++ b/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_mempool.c
@@ -65,25 +65,40 @@ panvk_pool_alloc_backing(struct panvk_pool *pool, size_t sz)
          list_first_entry(&pool->bo_pool->free_bos, struct panvk_priv_bo, node);
       list_del(&bo->node);
    } else {
-      /* We don't know what the BO will be used for, so let's flag it
-       * RW and attach it to both the fragment and vertex/tiler jobs.
-       * TODO: if we want fine grained BO assignment we should pass
-       * flags to this function and keep the read/write,
-       * fragment/vertex+tiler pools separate.
-       */
-      VkResult result =
-         panvk_priv_bo_create(pool->dev, bo_sz, pool->props.create_flags,
-                              VK_SYSTEM_ALLOCATION_SCOPE_DEVICE, &bo);
+      if (pool->big_bo_pool) {
+         list_for_each_entry_safe(struct panvk_priv_bo, pooled_bo,
+                                  &pool->big_bo_pool->free_bos, node) {
+            const size_t picked_bo_sz = pan_kmod_bo_size(pooled_bo->bo);
+            /* check if we have any sufficient match */
+            if (picked_bo_sz >= bo_sz) {
+               bo = pooled_bo;
+               list_del(&bo->node);
+               break;
+            }
+         }
+      }
 
-      /* Pool allocations are indirect, meaning there's no VkResult returned
-       * and no way for the caller to know why the device memory allocation
-       * failed. We want to propagate host allocation failures, so set
-       * errno to -ENOMEM if panvk_priv_bo_create() returns
-       * VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY.
-       * We expect the caller to check the returned pointer and catch the
-       * host allocation failure with a call to panvk_error(). */
-      if (result == VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY)
-         errno = -ENOMEM;
+      if (bo == NULL) {
+         /* We don't know what the BO will be used for, so let's flag it
+          * RW and attach it to both the fragment and vertex/tiler jobs.
+          * TODO: if we want fine grained BO assignment we should pass
+          * flags to this function and keep the read/write,
+          * fragment/vertex+tiler pools separate.
+          */
+         VkResult result =
+            panvk_priv_bo_create(pool->dev, bo_sz, pool->props.create_flags,
+                                 VK_SYSTEM_ALLOCATION_SCOPE_DEVICE, &bo);
+
+         /* Pool allocations are indirect, meaning there's no VkResult returned
+          * and no way for the caller to know why the device memory allocation
+          * failed. We want to propagate host allocation failures, so set
+          * errno to -ENOMEM if panvk_priv_bo_create() returns
+          * VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY.
+          * We expect the caller to check the returned pointer and catch the
+          * host allocation failure with a call to panvk_error(). */
+         if (result == VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY)
+            errno = -ENOMEM;
+      }
    }
 
    if (bo == NULL)
@@ -185,6 +200,7 @@ PAN_POOL_ALLOCATOR(struct panvk_pool, panvk_pool_alloc_aligned)
 void
 panvk_pool_init(struct panvk_pool *pool, struct panvk_device *dev,
                 struct panvk_bo_pool *bo_pool,
+                struct panvk_bo_pool *big_bo_pool,
                 const struct panvk_pool_properties *props)
 {
    memset(pool, 0, sizeof(*pool));
@@ -193,6 +209,7 @@ panvk_pool_init(struct panvk_pool *pool, struct panvk_device *dev,
    pan_pool_init(&pool->base, pool->props.slab_size);
    pool->dev = dev;
    pool->bo_pool = bo_pool;
+   pool->big_bo_pool = big_bo_pool;
 
    list_inithead(&pool->bos);
    list_inithead(&pool->big_bos);
@@ -214,9 +231,14 @@ panvk_pool_reset(struct panvk_pool *pool)
       }
    }
 
-   list_for_each_entry_safe(struct panvk_priv_bo, bo, &pool->big_bos, node) {
-      list_del(&bo->node);
-      panvk_priv_bo_unref(bo);
+   if (pool->big_bo_pool) {
+      list_splicetail(&pool->big_bos, &pool->big_bo_pool->free_bos);
+      list_inithead(&pool->big_bos);
+   } else {
+      list_for_each_entry_safe(struct panvk_priv_bo, bo, &pool->big_bos, node) {
+         list_del(&bo->node);
+         panvk_priv_bo_unref(bo);
+      }
    }
 
    if (!pool->props.owns_bos)
diff --git a/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_mempool.h b/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_mempool.h
index 826efb861d5..3e3ad5ec5ad 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_mempool.h
+++ b/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_mempool.h
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ struct panvk_pool {
     */
    struct panvk_bo_pool *bo_pool;
 
+   /* Before allocating a new big BO, check if the BO pool has a sufficiently sized BO.
+    * When returning big BOs, if big_bo_pool != NULL, return them to this big_bo_pool.
+    */
+   struct panvk_bo_pool *big_bo_pool;
+
    /* BOs allocated by this pool */
    struct list_head bos;
    struct list_head big_bos;
@@ -105,6 +110,7 @@ to_panvk_pool(struct pan_pool *pool)
 
 void panvk_pool_init(struct panvk_pool *pool, struct panvk_device *dev,
                      struct panvk_bo_pool *bo_pool,
+                     struct panvk_bo_pool *big_bo_pool,
                      const struct panvk_pool_properties *props);
 
 void panvk_pool_reset(struct panvk_pool *pool);
diff --git a/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_vX_device.c b/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_vX_device.c
index 565410eebe8..6113567e32b 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_vX_device.c
+++ b/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_vX_device.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ panvk_device_init_mempools(struct panvk_device *dev)
       .prealloc = false,
    };
 
-   panvk_pool_init(&dev->mempools.rw, dev, NULL, &rw_pool_props);
+   panvk_pool_init(&dev->mempools.rw, dev, NULL, NULL, &rw_pool_props);
 
    struct panvk_pool_properties rw_nc_pool_props = {
       .create_flags = PAN_ARCH <= 9 ? 0 : PAN_KMOD_BO_FLAG_GPU_UNCACHED,
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ panvk_device_init_mempools(struct panvk_device *dev)
       .prealloc = false,
    };
 
-   panvk_pool_init(&dev->mempools.rw_nc, dev, NULL, &rw_nc_pool_props);
+   panvk_pool_init(&dev->mempools.rw_nc, dev, NULL, NULL, &rw_nc_pool_props);
 
    struct panvk_pool_properties exec_pool_props = {
       .create_flags = PAN_KMOD_BO_FLAG_EXECUTABLE,
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ panvk_device_init_mempools(struct panvk_device *dev)
       .prealloc = false,
    };
 
-   panvk_pool_init(&dev->mempools.exec, dev, NULL, &exec_pool_props);
+   panvk_pool_init(&dev->mempools.exec, dev, NULL, NULL, &exec_pool_props);
 }
 
 static void