diff --git a/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/driver/fb.h b/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/driver/fb.h
index 9ba70766dd..4962d7489c 100644
--- a/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/driver/fb.h
+++ b/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/driver/fb.h
@@ -164,12 +164,16 @@ struct Sculpt::Fb_driver : private Noncopyable
 		                     registry, "vesa_fb", Priority::MULTIMEDIA,
 		                     Ram_quota { 8*1024*1024 }, Cap_quota { 110 });
 
+		Affinity::Location const fb_affinity =
+			board_info.soc.fb_on_dedicated_cpu ? Affinity::Location { 1, 0, 1, 1 }
+			                                   : Affinity::Location { };
+
 		_soc_fb.conditional(board_info.soc.fb && board_info.options.display,
 		                    registry, Child_state::Attr {
 		                        .name      = "fb",
 		                        .priority  = Priority::MULTIMEDIA,
 		                        .cpu_quota = 20,
-		                        .location  = { },
+		                        .location  = fb_affinity,
 		                        .initial   = { Ram_quota { 16*1024*1024 },
 		                                       Cap_quota { 250 } },
 		                        .max       = { } } );
diff --git a/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/main.cc b/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/main.cc
index 956dc4d2f8..6447bb52aa 100644
--- a/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/main.cc
+++ b/repos/gems/src/app/sculpt_manager/main.cc
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ struct Sculpt::Main : Input_event_handler,
 		.modem = false,
 		.nic   = _mnt_reform || _mnt_pocket,
 
-		.fb_on_dedicated_cpu = false
+		.fb_on_dedicated_cpu = _mnt_pocket
 	};
 
 	Drivers _drivers { _env, _child_states, *this, *this };