diff --git a/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_device.cc b/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_device.cc
index d3343799634..b638f9c5890 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_device.cc
+++ b/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_device.cc
@@ -629,7 +629,12 @@ tu_physical_device_init(struct tu_physical_device *device,
       device->ccu_offset_bypass = depth_cache_size;
       device->ccu_offset_gmem = device->gmem_size - color_cache_size;
 
-      device->usable_sets = device->reserved_set_idx = device->info->a6xx.max_sets - 1;
+      if (instance->reserve_descriptor_set) {
+         device->usable_sets = device->reserved_set_idx = device->info->a6xx.max_sets - 1;
+      } else {
+         device->usable_sets = device->info->a6xx.max_sets;
+         device->reserved_set_idx = -1;
+      }
       break;
    }
    default:
@@ -757,6 +762,7 @@ static const driOptionDescription tu_dri_options[] = {
 
    DRI_CONF_SECTION_MISCELLANEOUS
       DRI_CONF_DISABLE_CONSERVATIVE_LRZ(false)
+      DRI_CONF_TU_DONT_RESERVE_DESCRIPTOR_SET(false)
    DRI_CONF_SECTION_END
 };
 
@@ -773,6 +779,8 @@ tu_init_dri_options(struct tu_instance *instance)
          driQueryOptionb(&instance->dri_options, "vk_dont_care_as_load");
    instance->conservative_lrz =
          !driQueryOptionb(&instance->dri_options, "disable_conservative_lrz");
+   instance->reserve_descriptor_set =
+         !driQueryOptionb(&instance->dri_options, "tu_dont_reserve_descriptor_set");
 }
 
 VKAPI_ATTR VkResult VKAPI_CALL
diff --git a/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_device.h b/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_device.h
index ad5ff44e13f..6c5de23f62c 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_device.h
+++ b/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_device.h
@@ -147,6 +147,13 @@ struct tu_instance
     * suffer a performance loss with conservative LRZ.
     */
    bool conservative_lrz;
+
+   /* If to internally reserve a descriptor set for descriptor set
+    * dynamic offsets, a descriptor set can be freed at the cost of
+    * being unable to use the feature. As it is a part of the Vulkan
+    * core, this is enabled by default.
+    */
+   bool reserve_descriptor_set;
 };
 VK_DEFINE_HANDLE_CASTS(tu_instance, vk.base, VkInstance,
                        VK_OBJECT_TYPE_INSTANCE)
diff --git a/src/util/driconf.h b/src/util/driconf.h
index 8d7f2eb57a5..dca737c977e 100644
--- a/src/util/driconf.h
+++ b/src/util/driconf.h
@@ -574,6 +574,14 @@
    DRI_CONF_OPT_B(disable_conservative_lrz, def, \
                   "Disable conservative LRZ")
 
+/**
+ * \brief Turnip specific configuration options
+ */
+
+#define DRI_CONF_TU_DONT_RESERVE_DESCRIPTOR_SET(def) \
+   DRI_CONF_OPT_B(tu_dont_reserve_descriptor_set, def, \
+                  "Don't internally reserve one of the HW descriptor sets for descriptor set dynamic offset support, this frees up an extra descriptor set at the cost of that feature")
+
 /**
  * \brief venus specific configuration options
  */