diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_update_descriptor.cpp b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_update_descriptor.cpp
index 7de4bfd938..d06434ebe3 100644
--- a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_update_descriptor.cpp
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_update_descriptor.cpp
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ namespace Vulkan {
 UpdateDescriptorQueue::UpdateDescriptorQueue(const Device& device_)
     : device{device_}
 {
-    payload_start = payload.data();
-    payload_cursor = payload.data();
+    payload_start = payload_cursor = payload.data();
 }
 
 UpdateDescriptorQueue::~UpdateDescriptorQueue() = default;
@@ -33,12 +32,8 @@ void UpdateDescriptorQueue::TickFrame() {
 }
 
 void UpdateDescriptorQueue::Acquire(Scheduler& scheduler) {
-    // Minimum number of entries required.
-    // This is the maximum number of entries a single draw call might use.
-    static constexpr size_t MIN_ENTRIES = 0x400;
-
-    if (std::distance(payload_start, payload_cursor) + MIN_ENTRIES >= FRAME_PAYLOAD_SIZE) {
-        LOG_WARNING(Render_Vulkan, "Payload overflow, waiting for worker thread");
+    if (std::distance(payload_start, payload_cursor) + MIN_ENTRIES > ptrdiff_t(FRAME_PAYLOAD_SIZE)) {
+        LOG_WARNING(Render_Vulkan, "Payload overflow {}, waiting for worker thread", std::distance(payload_start, payload_cursor));
         scheduler.WaitWorker();
         payload_cursor = payload_start;
     }
diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_update_descriptor.h b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_update_descriptor.h
index 6e9f5d2829..d1cb331e47 100644
--- a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_update_descriptor.h
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_update_descriptor.h
@@ -27,10 +27,13 @@ union DescriptorUpdateEntry {
 };
 
 class UpdateDescriptorQueue final {
+    // Minimum number of entries required. This is the maximum number of entries a single draw call might use.
+    static constexpr size_t MIN_ENTRIES = 0x400;
     // This should be plenty for the vast majority of cases. Most desktop platforms only
     // provide up to 3 swapchain images.
     static constexpr size_t FRAMES_IN_FLIGHT = 8;
-    static constexpr size_t FRAME_PAYLOAD_SIZE = 0x20000;
+    // Mario Jamboree on minigames uses up to 0x21xxx entries at a time
+    static constexpr size_t FRAME_PAYLOAD_SIZE = 0x24000;
     static constexpr size_t PAYLOAD_SIZE = FRAME_PAYLOAD_SIZE * FRAMES_IN_FLIGHT;
 
 public: