diff --git a/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_mempool.c b/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_mempool.c
index d5d1b58ce64..a58408794c2 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_mempool.c
+++ b/src/panfrost/vulkan/panvk_mempool.c
@@ -43,20 +43,23 @@
 static struct panfrost_bo *
 panvk_pool_alloc_backing(struct panvk_pool *pool, size_t bo_sz)
 {
+   struct panfrost_bo *bo;
+
    /* If there's a free BO in our BO pool, let's pick it. */
    if (pool->bo_pool &&
-       util_dynarray_num_elements(&pool->bo_pool->free_bos, struct panfrost_bo *))
-      return util_dynarray_pop(&pool->bo_pool->free_bos, struct panfrost_bo *);
-
-   /* 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.
-    */
-   struct panfrost_bo *bo = panfrost_bo_create(pool->base.dev, bo_sz,
-                                               pool->base.create_flags,
-                                               pool->base.label);
+       util_dynarray_num_elements(&pool->bo_pool->free_bos, struct panfrost_bo *)) {
+      bo = util_dynarray_pop(&pool->bo_pool->free_bos, struct panfrost_bo *);
+   } 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.
+       */
+      bo = panfrost_bo_create(pool->base.dev, bo_sz,
+                              pool->base.create_flags,
+                              pool->base.label);
+   }
 
    util_dynarray_append(&pool->bos, struct panfrost_bo *, bo);
    pool->transient_bo = bo;