diff --git a/src/panfrost/vulkan/jm/panvk_vX_cmd_draw.c b/src/panfrost/vulkan/jm/panvk_vX_cmd_draw.c
index 051141c413e..079513fbf3b 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/vulkan/jm/panvk_vX_cmd_draw.c
+++ b/src/panfrost/vulkan/jm/panvk_vX_cmd_draw.c
@@ -1759,8 +1759,12 @@ panvk_per_arch(CmdBeginRendering)(VkCommandBuffer commandBuffer,
 
    bool resuming = cmdbuf->state.gfx.render.flags & VK_RENDERING_RESUMING_BIT;
 
-   /* If we're not resuming, cur_batch should be NULL. */
-   assert(!cmdbuf->cur_batch || resuming);
+   /* If we're not resuming, cur_batch should be NULL.
+    * However, this currently isn't true because of how events are implemented.
+    * XXX: Rewrite events to not close and open batch and add an assert here.
+    */
+   if (cmdbuf->cur_batch && !resuming)
+      panvk_per_arch(cmd_close_batch)(cmdbuf);
 
    /* The opened batch might have been disrupted by a compute job.
     * We need to preload in that case. */