diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/nir_to_spirv/nir_to_spirv.c b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/nir_to_spirv/nir_to_spirv.c
index 6bcea479f7a..a4a9c3778f6 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/nir_to_spirv/nir_to_spirv.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/nir_to_spirv/nir_to_spirv.c
@@ -1327,9 +1327,9 @@ get_output_type(struct ntv_context *ctx, unsigned register_index, unsigned num_c
       return get_fvec_type(ctx, 64, num_components);
 
    default:
+      unreachable("unknown type");
       break;
    }
-   unreachable("unknown type");
    return 0;
 }