diff --git a/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_cmd_buffer.c b/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_cmd_buffer.c
index 017f0720e4a..43e42141c86 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_cmd_buffer.c
+++ b/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_cmd_buffer.c
@@ -3790,8 +3790,18 @@ tu_draw_initiator(struct tu_cmd_buffer *cmd, enum pc_di_src_sel src_sel)
    const struct tu_pipeline *pipeline = cmd->state.pipeline;
    enum pc_di_primtype primtype = pipeline->ia.primtype;
 
-   if (pipeline->dynamic_state_mask & BIT(TU_DYNAMIC_STATE_PRIMITIVE_TOPOLOGY))
-      primtype = cmd->state.primtype;
+   if (pipeline->dynamic_state_mask & BIT(TU_DYNAMIC_STATE_PRIMITIVE_TOPOLOGY)) {
+      if (primtype < DI_PT_PATCHES0) {
+         /* If tesselation used, only VK_PRIMITIVE_TOPOLOGY_PATCH_LIST can be
+          * set via vkCmdSetPrimitiveTopologyEXT, but primtype is already
+          * calculated at the pipeline creation based on control points
+          * for each patch.
+          *
+          * Just use the primtype as is for the case.
+          */
+         primtype = cmd->state.primtype;
+      }
+   }
 
    uint32_t initiator =
       CP_DRAW_INDX_OFFSET_0_PRIM_TYPE(primtype) |
diff --git a/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_pipeline.c b/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_pipeline.c
index ac315b29437..15a39aa80db 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_pipeline.c
+++ b/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_pipeline.c
@@ -2633,8 +2633,6 @@ tu_pipeline_builder_parse_tessellation(struct tu_pipeline_builder *builder,
    const VkPipelineTessellationStateCreateInfo *tess_info =
       builder->create_info->pTessellationState;
 
-   assert(!(pipeline->dynamic_state_mask & BIT(TU_DYNAMIC_STATE_PRIMITIVE_TOPOLOGY)));
-
    assert(pipeline->ia.primtype == DI_PT_PATCHES0);
    assert(tess_info->patchControlPoints <= 32);
    pipeline->ia.primtype += tess_info->patchControlPoints;