diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp
index 73562bc1..f3aba816 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp
@@ -10239,7 +10239,9 @@ static void ggml_vk_topk(ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx, vk_context& subctx, cons
 
         // Prefer going as small as num_topk_pipelines - 3 for perf reasons.
         // But if K is larger, then we need a larger workgroup
-        uint32_t max_pipeline = num_topk_pipelines - 3;
+        uint32_t max_pipeline = num_topk_pipelines - 1;
+        uint32_t preferred_pipeline = std::max(num_topk_pipelines - 3, (uint32_t)log2f(float(k)) + 2);
+        max_pipeline = std::min(preferred_pipeline, max_pipeline);
         uint32_t min_pipeline = (uint32_t)log2f(float(k)) + 1;
         // require full subgroup
         min_pipeline = std::max(min_pipeline, ctx->device->subgroup_size_log2);