diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_jm.c b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_jm.c
index 81a75609235..4e92039798d 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_jm.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_jm.c
@@ -302,6 +302,11 @@ GENX(jm_launch_grid)(struct panfrost_batch *batch,
       cfg.textures = batch->textures[PIPE_SHADER_COMPUTE];
       cfg.samplers = batch->samplers[PIPE_SHADER_COMPUTE];
    }
+
+#if PAN_ARCH == 4
+   pan_section_pack(t.cpu, COMPUTE_JOB, COMPUTE_PADDING, cfg)
+      ;
+#endif
 #else
    struct panfrost_context *ctx = batch->ctx;
    struct panfrost_compiled_shader *cs = ctx->prog[PIPE_SHADER_COMPUTE];
@@ -453,6 +458,11 @@ jm_emit_vertex_job(struct panfrost_batch *batch,
 
    section = pan_section_ptr(job, COMPUTE_JOB, DRAW);
    jm_emit_vertex_draw(batch, section);
+
+#if PAN_ARCH == 4
+   pan_section_pack(job, COMPUTE_JOB, COMPUTE_PADDING, cfg)
+      ;
+#endif
 }
 #endif /* PAN_ARCH <= 7 */
 
diff --git a/src/panfrost/lib/genxml/v4.xml b/src/panfrost/lib/genxml/v4.xml
index 2c0669f975f..f0d114c784c 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/lib/genxml/v4.xml
+++ b/src/panfrost/lib/genxml/v4.xml
@@ -979,12 +979,16 @@
     <field name="Job Task Split" size="4" start="0:26" type="uint"/>
   </struct>
 
+  <struct name="Compute Padding" size="2">
+  </struct>
+
   <!-- Compute job also covers vertex and geometry operations -->
   <aggregate name="Compute Job" align="64">
     <section name="Header" offset="0" type="Job Header"/>
     <section name="Invocation" offset="32" type="Invocation"/>
     <section name="Parameters" offset="40" type="Compute Job Parameters"/>
     <section name="Draw" offset="64" type="Draw"/>
+    <section name="Compute padding" offset="184" type="Compute Padding"/>
   </aggregate>
 
   <struct name="Primitive Size">