diff --git a/src/amd/vulkan/winsys/amdgpu/radv_amdgpu_bo.c b/src/amd/vulkan/winsys/amdgpu/radv_amdgpu_bo.c
index 9c60c01d86a..1a85bf305e9 100644
--- a/src/amd/vulkan/winsys/amdgpu/radv_amdgpu_bo.c
+++ b/src/amd/vulkan/winsys/amdgpu/radv_amdgpu_bo.c
@@ -445,9 +445,17 @@ radv_amdgpu_winsys_bo_create(struct radeon_winsys *_ws,
 		 * GTT(RAM) usage, which is shared with the OS, allow VRAM
 		 * placements too. The idea is not to use VRAM usefully, but
 		 * to use it so that it's not unused and wasted.
+		 *
+		 * Furthermore, even on discrete GPUs this is beneficial. If
+		 * both GTT and VRAM are set then AMDGPU still prefers VRAM
+		 * for the initial placement, but it makes the buffers
+		 * spillable. Otherwise AMDGPU tries to place the buffers in
+		 * VRAM really hard to the extent that we are getting a lot
+		 * of unnecessary movement. This helps significantly when
+		 * e.g. Horizon Zero Dawn allocates more memory than we have
+		 * VRAM.
 		 */
-		if (!ws->info.has_dedicated_vram)
-			request.preferred_heap |= AMDGPU_GEM_DOMAIN_GTT;
+		request.preferred_heap |= AMDGPU_GEM_DOMAIN_GTT;
 	}
 
 	if (initial_domain & RADEON_DOMAIN_GTT)