diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_context.h b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_context.h
index 98394c1bcf8..78b39ebaef1 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_context.h
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_context.h
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ struct panfrost_context {
         struct {
                 uint64_t seqnum;
                 struct panfrost_batch slots[PAN_MAX_BATCHES];
+
+                /** Set of active batches for faster traversal */
+                BITSET_DECLARE(active, PAN_MAX_BATCHES);
         } batches;
 
         /* Bound job batch */
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_job.c b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_job.c
index 2bf544860a1..f7339678f30 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_job.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_job.c
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ panfrost_batch_cleanup(struct panfrost_batch *batch)
         util_sparse_array_finish(&batch->bos);
 
         memset(batch, 0, sizeof(*batch));
+        BITSET_CLEAR(ctx->batches.active, batch_idx);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -177,6 +178,9 @@ panfrost_get_batch(struct panfrost_context *ctx,
 
         panfrost_batch_init(ctx, key, batch);
 
+        unsigned batch_idx = panfrost_batch_idx(batch);
+        BITSET_SET(ctx->batches.active, batch_idx);
+
         return batch;
 }