diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPUSetWavePriority.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPUSetWavePriority.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPUSetWavePriority.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/AMDGPU/AMDGPUSetWavePriority.cpp
@@ -26,11 +26,18 @@
 
 #define DEBUG_TYPE "amdgpu-set-wave-priority"
 
+static cl::opt<unsigned> VALUInstsThreshold(
+    "amdgpu-set-wave-priority-valu-insts-threshold",
+    cl::desc("VALU instruction count threshold for adjusting wave priority"),
+    cl::init(100), cl::Hidden);
+
 namespace {
 
 struct MBBInfo {
   MBBInfo() = default;
   bool MayReachVMEMLoad = false;
+  unsigned NumVALUInsts = 0;
+  MachineInstr *LastVMEMLoad = nullptr;
 };
 
 using MBBInfoSet = DenseMap<const MachineBasicBlock *, MBBInfo>;
@@ -82,10 +89,6 @@
   return true;
 }
 
-static bool isVMEMLoad(const MachineInstr &MI) {
-  return SIInstrInfo::isVMEM(MI) && MI.mayLoad();
-}
-
 bool AMDGPUSetWavePriority::runOnMachineFunction(MachineFunction &MF) {
   const unsigned HighPriority = 3;
   const unsigned LowPriority = 0;
@@ -97,14 +100,38 @@
   const GCNSubtarget &ST = MF.getSubtarget<GCNSubtarget>();
   TII = ST.getInstrInfo();
 
-  MBBInfoSet MBBInfos;
+  // Find VMEM loads that may be executed before the number of executed
+  // VALU instructions hits the specified threshold. We currently assume
+  // that backedges/loops, branch probabilities and other details can be
+  // ignored.
   SmallVector<const MachineBasicBlock *, 16> Worklist;
-  for (MachineBasicBlock &MBB : MF) {
-    if (any_of(MBB, isVMEMLoad))
-      Worklist.push_back(&MBB);
+  MBBInfoSet MBBInfos;
+  ReversePostOrderTraversal<MachineFunction *> RPOT(&MF);
+  for (MachineBasicBlock *MBB : RPOT) {
+    unsigned NumVALUInsts = 0;
+    for (const MachineBasicBlock *Pred : MBB->predecessors())
+      NumVALUInsts = std::max(NumVALUInsts, MBBInfos[Pred].NumVALUInsts);
+
+    MachineInstr *LastVMEMLoad = nullptr;
+    for (MachineInstr &MI : *MBB) {
+      if (NumVALUInsts >= VALUInstsThreshold)
+        break;
+      if (SIInstrInfo::isVMEM(MI) && MI.mayLoad())
+        LastVMEMLoad = &MI;
+      if (SIInstrInfo::isVALU(MI))
+        ++NumVALUInsts;
+    }
+
+    MBBInfo &Info = MBBInfos[MBB];
+    Info.NumVALUInsts = NumVALUInsts;
+
+    if (LastVMEMLoad) {
+      Info.LastVMEMLoad = LastVMEMLoad;
+      Worklist.push_back(MBB);
+    }
   }
 
-  // Mark blocks from which control may reach VMEM loads.
+  // Mark blocks from which control may reach the VMEM loads.
   while (!Worklist.empty()) {
     const MachineBasicBlock *MBB = Worklist.pop_back_val();
     MBBInfo &Info = MBBInfos[MBB];
@@ -125,7 +152,7 @@
   Entry.insert(I, BuildSetprioMI(MF, HighPriority));
 
   // Lower the priority on edges where control leaves blocks from which
-  // VMEM loads are reachable.
+  // the VMEM loads are reachable.
   SmallSet<MachineBasicBlock *, 16> PriorityLoweringBlocks;
   for (MachineBasicBlock &MBB : MF) {
     if (MBBInfos[&MBB].MayReachVMEMLoad) {
@@ -152,14 +179,13 @@
   }
 
   for (MachineBasicBlock *MBB : PriorityLoweringBlocks) {
-    MachineBasicBlock::iterator I = MBB->end(), B = MBB->begin();
-    while (I != B) {
-      if (isVMEMLoad(*--I)) {
-        ++I;
-        break;
-      }
+    MachineInstr *Setprio = BuildSetprioMI(MF, LowPriority);
+    if (MachineInstr *LastVMEMLoad = MBBInfos[MBB].LastVMEMLoad) {
+      MBB->insertAfter(MachineBasicBlock::instr_iterator(LastVMEMLoad),
+                       Setprio);
+      continue;
     }
-    MBB->insert(I, BuildSetprioMI(MF, LowPriority));
+    MBB->insert(MBB->begin(), Setprio);
   }
 
   return true;
diff --git a/llvm/test/CodeGen/AMDGPU/set-wave-priority.ll b/llvm/test/CodeGen/AMDGPU/set-wave-priority.ll
--- a/llvm/test/CodeGen/AMDGPU/set-wave-priority.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/CodeGen/AMDGPU/set-wave-priority.ll
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-; RUN: llc -mtriple=amdgcn -amdgpu-set-wave-priority=true -o - %s | \
-; RUN:   FileCheck %s
+; RUN: llc -mtriple=amdgcn -amdgpu-set-wave-priority=true \
+; RUN:   -amdgpu-set-wave-priority-valu-insts-threshold=4 -o - %s | FileCheck %s
 
 ; CHECK-LABEL: no_setprio:
 ; CHECK-NOT:       s_setprio
@@ -150,4 +150,33 @@
   ret <2 x float> %sum
 }
 
+; CHECK-LABEL: valu_insts_threshold:
+; CHECK:           s_setprio 3
+; CHECK:           buffer_load_dwordx2
+; CHECK-NEXT:      s_setprio 0
+; CHECK-COUNT-4:   v_add_f32_e32
+; CHECK:           s_cbranch_scc0 [[A:.*]]
+; CHECK:       {{.*}}:  ; %b
+; CHECK-NEXT:      buffer_load_dwordx2
+; CHECK:           s_branch [[END:.*]]
+; CHECK:       [[A]]:  ; %a
+; CHECK:           s_branch [[END]]
+; CHECK:       [[END]]:
+define amdgpu_ps <2 x float> @valu_insts_threshold(<4 x i32> inreg %p, i32 inreg %i) {
+  %v = call <2 x float> @llvm.amdgcn.struct.buffer.load.v2f32(<4 x i32> %p, i32 0, i32 0, i32 0, i32 0)
+  %add = fadd <2 x float> %v, %v
+  %add2 = fadd <2 x float> %add, %add
+
+  %cond = icmp eq i32 %i, 0
+  br i1 %cond, label %a, label %b
+
+a:
+  ret <2 x float> %add2
+
+b:
+  %v2 = call <2 x float> @llvm.amdgcn.struct.buffer.load.v2f32(<4 x i32> %p, i32 0, i32 1, i32 0, i32 0)
+  %sub = fsub <2 x float> %add2, %v2
+  ret <2 x float> %sub
+}
+
 declare <2 x float> @llvm.amdgcn.struct.buffer.load.v2f32(<4 x i32>, i32, i32, i32, i32) nounwind