diff --git a/src/panfrost/midgard/midgard_emit.c b/src/panfrost/midgard/midgard_emit.c
index 6177e6d3233..c6e6f34d918 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/midgard/midgard_emit.c
+++ b/src/panfrost/midgard/midgard_emit.c
@@ -905,7 +905,10 @@ emit_alu_bundle(compiler_context *ctx,
         }
 
         /* Emit padding (all zero) */
-        memset(util_dynarray_grow_bytes(emission, bundle->padding, 1), 0, bundle->padding);
+        if (bundle->padding) {
+                memset(util_dynarray_grow_bytes(emission, bundle->padding, 1),
+                                0, bundle->padding);
+        }
 
         /* Tack on constants */