diff --git a/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_cmd_buffer.h b/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_cmd_buffer.h
index 0ffebd6c4a875..2038cbd7a0756 100644
--- a/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_cmd_buffer.h
+++ b/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_cmd_buffer.h
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ struct nvk_root_descriptor_table {
    uint8_t set_dynamic_buffer_start[NVK_MAX_SETS];
 
    /* enfore alignment to 0x100 as needed pre pascal */
-   uint8_t __padding[0xd8];
+   uint8_t __padding[0x40];
 };
 
 /* helper macro for computing root descriptor byte offsets */
diff --git a/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_private.h b/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_private.h
index 3e6b96ba22d52..8a9a4c405fe76 100644
--- a/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_private.h
+++ b/src/nouveau/vulkan/nvk_private.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include "vk_log.h"
 #include "vk_util.h"
 
-#define NVK_MAX_SETS 8
+#define NVK_MAX_SETS 32
 #define NVK_MAX_PUSH_SIZE 128
 #define NVK_MAX_DYNAMIC_BUFFERS 64
 #define NVK_MAX_RTS 8