diff --git a/src/ion/data_structures.rs b/src/ion/data_structures.rs
index 99fd7b1f..41937a27 100644
--- a/src/ion/data_structures.rs
+++ b/src/ion/data_structures.rs
@@ -208,8 +208,9 @@ pub struct LiveBundle {
 
 pub const BUNDLE_MAX_SPILL_WEIGHT: u32 = (1 << 28) - 1;
 pub const MINIMAL_FIXED_BUNDLE_SPILL_WEIGHT: u32 = BUNDLE_MAX_SPILL_WEIGHT;
-pub const MINIMAL_BUNDLE_SPILL_WEIGHT: u32 = BUNDLE_MAX_SPILL_WEIGHT - 1;
-pub const BUNDLE_MAX_NORMAL_SPILL_WEIGHT: u32 = BUNDLE_MAX_SPILL_WEIGHT - 2;
+pub const MINIMAL_LIMITED_BUNDLE_SPILL_WEIGHT: u32 = BUNDLE_MAX_SPILL_WEIGHT - 1;
+pub const MINIMAL_BUNDLE_SPILL_WEIGHT: u32 = MINIMAL_LIMITED_BUNDLE_SPILL_WEIGHT - 256;
+pub const BUNDLE_MAX_NORMAL_SPILL_WEIGHT: u32 = MINIMAL_BUNDLE_SPILL_WEIGHT - 1;
 
 impl LiveBundle {
     #[inline(always)]
diff --git a/src/ion/process.rs b/src/ion/process.rs
index 8c5a3d0a..a3cbc05a 100644
--- a/src/ion/process.rs
+++ b/src/ion/process.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ use crate::{
     ion::data_structures::{
         CodeRange, Use, BUNDLE_MAX_NORMAL_SPILL_WEIGHT, MAX_SPLITS_PER_SPILLSET,
         MINIMAL_BUNDLE_SPILL_WEIGHT, MINIMAL_FIXED_BUNDLE_SPILL_WEIGHT,
+        MINIMAL_LIMITED_BUNDLE_SPILL_WEIGHT,
     },
     Allocation, Function, Inst, InstPosition, OperandConstraint, OperandKind, PReg, ProgPoint,
     RegAllocError,
@@ -325,6 +326,9 @@ impl<'a, F: Function> Env<'a, F> {
             if fixed {
                 trace!("  -> fixed and minimal");
                 MINIMAL_FIXED_BUNDLE_SPILL_WEIGHT
+            } else if let Some(limit) = self.ctx.bundles[bundle].limit {
+                trace!("  -> limited({limit}) and minimal");
+                MINIMAL_LIMITED_BUNDLE_SPILL_WEIGHT - u32::from(limit)
             } else {
                 trace!("  -> non-fixed and minimal");
                 MINIMAL_BUNDLE_SPILL_WEIGHT