diff --git a/src/amd/common/nir/ac_nir.c b/src/amd/common/nir/ac_nir.c
index 818f52b8427..b652dfcf996 100644
--- a/src/amd/common/nir/ac_nir.c
+++ b/src/amd/common/nir/ac_nir.c
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ ac_nir_lower_indirect_derefs(nir_shader *shader,
    /* Lower large variables to scratch first so that we won't bloat the
     * shader by generating large if ladders for them.
     */
-   NIR_PASS(progress, shader, nir_lower_vars_to_scratch, nir_var_function_temp, 256,
+   NIR_PASS(progress, shader, nir_lower_vars_to_scratch, 256,
             glsl_get_natural_size_align_bytes, glsl_get_natural_size_align_bytes);
 
    /* This lowers indirect indexing to if-else ladders. */
diff --git a/src/asahi/compiler/agx_compile.c b/src/asahi/compiler/agx_compile.c
index 5d90fd8c57b..78b473db873 100644
--- a/src/asahi/compiler/agx_compile.c
+++ b/src/asahi/compiler/agx_compile.c
@@ -3685,7 +3685,7 @@ agx_preprocess_nir(nir_shader *nir)
    NIR_PASS(_, nir, nir_lower_vars_to_ssa);
 
    /* Lower large arrays to scratch and small arrays to csel */
-   NIR_PASS(_, nir, nir_lower_vars_to_scratch, nir_var_function_temp, 256,
+   NIR_PASS(_, nir, nir_lower_vars_to_scratch, 256,
             glsl_get_natural_size_align_bytes, glsl_get_word_size_align_bytes);
    NIR_PASS(_, nir, nir_lower_indirect_derefs_to_if_else_trees,
             nir_var_function_temp, ~0);
@@ -3801,7 +3801,7 @@ agx_compile_shader_nir(nir_shader *nir, struct agx_shader_key *key,
    /* Optimize scratch access for silly internal CL shaders */
    if (nir->info.internal) {
       NIR_PASS(_, nir, nir_lower_scratch_to_var);
-      NIR_PASS(_, nir, nir_lower_vars_to_scratch, nir_var_function_temp, 256,
+      NIR_PASS(_, nir, nir_lower_vars_to_scratch, 256,
                glsl_get_natural_size_align_bytes,
                glsl_get_natural_size_align_bytes);
       NIR_PASS(_, nir, nir_lower_indirect_derefs_to_if_else_trees,
diff --git a/src/broadcom/compiler/vir.c b/src/broadcom/compiler/vir.c
index 801daeef001..a6e5c415830 100644
--- a/src/broadcom/compiler/vir.c
+++ b/src/broadcom/compiler/vir.c
@@ -1839,7 +1839,6 @@ v3d_attempt_compile(struct v3d_compile *c)
         }
 
         NIR_PASS(_, c->s, nir_lower_vars_to_scratch,
-                 nir_var_function_temp,
                  0,
                  glsl_get_natural_size_align_bytes,
                  glsl_get_natural_size_align_bytes);
diff --git a/src/compiler/nir/nir.h b/src/compiler/nir/nir.h
index 29d4d8b9928..d31219ff2b5 100644
--- a/src/compiler/nir/nir.h
+++ b/src/compiler/nir/nir.h
@@ -5190,7 +5190,6 @@ bool nir_lower_io_vars_to_temporaries(nir_shader *shader,
                                       nir_variable_mode modes);
 
 bool nir_lower_vars_to_scratch(nir_shader *shader,
-                               nir_variable_mode modes,
                                int size_threshold,
                                glsl_type_size_align_func variable_size_align,
                                glsl_type_size_align_func scratch_layout_size_align);
diff --git a/src/compiler/nir/nir_lower_scratch.c b/src/compiler/nir/nir_lower_scratch.c
index b0046a1218e..151c63edb11 100644
--- a/src/compiler/nir/nir_lower_scratch.c
+++ b/src/compiler/nir/nir_lower_scratch.c
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ only_used_for_load_store(nir_deref_instr *deref)
 
 bool
 nir_lower_vars_to_scratch(nir_shader *shader,
-                          nir_variable_mode modes,
                           int size_threshold,
                           glsl_type_size_align_func variable_size_align,
                           glsl_type_size_align_func scratch_layout_size_align)
@@ -115,7 +114,7 @@ nir_lower_vars_to_scratch(nir_shader *shader,
                continue;
 
             nir_deref_instr *deref = nir_src_as_deref(intrin->src[0]);
-            if (!nir_deref_mode_is_one_of(deref, modes))
+            if (!nir_deref_mode_is_one_of(deref, nir_var_function_temp))
                continue;
 
             if (!nir_deref_instr_has_indirect(nir_src_as_deref(intrin->src[0])))
@@ -227,3 +226,4 @@ nir_lower_vars_to_scratch(nir_shader *shader,
 
    return progress;
 }
+
diff --git a/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_nir.c b/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_nir.c
index 92bcc45dd51..814a3c42aac 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_nir.c
+++ b/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_nir.c
@@ -1199,7 +1199,7 @@ ir3_nir_lower_variant(struct ir3_shader_variant *so,
     * expensive.
     */
    if (so->compiler->has_pvtmem) {
-      progress |= OPT(s, nir_lower_vars_to_scratch, nir_var_function_temp,
+      progress |= OPT(s, nir_lower_vars_to_scratch,
                       16 * 16 /* bytes */,
                       ir3_get_variable_size_align_bytes, glsl_get_natural_size_align_bytes);
    }
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/r600/sfn/sfn_nir.cpp b/src/gallium/drivers/r600/sfn/sfn_nir.cpp
index a5fc37bf548..b831f54ca88 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/r600/sfn/sfn_nir.cpp
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/r600/sfn/sfn_nir.cpp
@@ -869,7 +869,6 @@ r600_lower_and_optimize_nir(nir_shader *sh,
    NIR_PASS(_,
             sh,
             nir_lower_vars_to_scratch,
-            nir_var_function_temp,
             64,
             r600_get_scratch_size_align,
             r600_get_scratch_size_align);
diff --git a/src/imagination/pco/pco_nir.c b/src/imagination/pco/pco_nir.c
index e05eeb2c5f5..c674119fc94 100644
--- a/src/imagination/pco/pco_nir.c
+++ b/src/imagination/pco/pco_nir.c
@@ -596,7 +596,6 @@ void pco_preprocess_nir(pco_ctx *ctx, nir_shader *nir)
       NIR_PASS(_,
                nir,
                nir_lower_vars_to_scratch,
-               nir_var_function_temp,
                8,
                glsl_get_natural_size_align_bytes,
                glsl_get_word_size_align_bytes);
diff --git a/src/kosmickrisp/compiler/nir_to_msl.c b/src/kosmickrisp/compiler/nir_to_msl.c
index 05ae9eca9a3..96ae7cfac44 100644
--- a/src/kosmickrisp/compiler/nir_to_msl.c
+++ b/src/kosmickrisp/compiler/nir_to_msl.c
@@ -1931,7 +1931,7 @@ msl_preprocess_nir(struct nir_shader *nir)
 
    NIR_PASS(_, nir, nir_lower_indirect_derefs_to_if_else_trees,
             nir_var_shader_in | nir_var_shader_out, UINT32_MAX);
-   NIR_PASS(_, nir, nir_lower_vars_to_scratch, nir_var_function_temp, 0,
+   NIR_PASS(_, nir, nir_lower_vars_to_scratch, 0,
             glsl_get_natural_size_align_bytes,
             glsl_get_natural_size_align_bytes);
 
diff --git a/src/kosmickrisp/vulkan/kk_shader.c b/src/kosmickrisp/vulkan/kk_shader.c
index 2e2d845cf50..f3bbbb92c29 100644
--- a/src/kosmickrisp/vulkan/kk_shader.c
+++ b/src/kosmickrisp/vulkan/kk_shader.c
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ kk_lower_nir(struct kk_device *dev, nir_shader *nir,
       /* kk_nir_lower_vs_multiview may create a temporary array to assign the
        * correct view index. Since we don't handle derefs, we need to get rid of
        * them. */
-      NIR_PASS(_, nir, nir_lower_vars_to_scratch, nir_var_function_temp, 0,
+      NIR_PASS(_, nir, nir_lower_vars_to_scratch, 0,
                glsl_get_natural_size_align_bytes,
                glsl_get_natural_size_align_bytes);
 
diff --git a/src/panfrost/compiler/bifrost/bifrost_compile.c b/src/panfrost/compiler/bifrost/bifrost_compile.c
index 559b870c03c..a64be1dde5a 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/compiler/bifrost/bifrost_compile.c
+++ b/src/panfrost/compiler/bifrost/bifrost_compile.c
@@ -6238,7 +6238,7 @@ bifrost_preprocess_nir(nir_shader *nir, unsigned gpu_id)
                               : glsl_get_natural_size_align_bytes;
    /* Lower large arrays to scratch and small arrays to bcsel */
    NIR_PASS(_, nir, nir_lower_scratch_to_var);
-   NIR_PASS(_, nir, nir_lower_vars_to_scratch, nir_var_function_temp, 256,
+   NIR_PASS(_, nir, nir_lower_vars_to_scratch, 256,
             vars_to_scratch_size_align_func, vars_to_scratch_size_align_func);
    NIR_PASS(_, nir, nir_lower_indirect_derefs_to_if_else_trees,
             nir_var_function_temp, ~0);