diff --git a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_fs_visitor.cpp b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_fs_visitor.cpp
index 6fe468cb162..eabc1213c9a 100644
--- a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_fs_visitor.cpp
+++ b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_fs_visitor.cpp
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ fs_visitor::try_emit_saturate(ir_expression *ir)
     */
    fs_inst *modify = get_instruction_generating_reg(pre_inst, last_inst, src);
    if (!modify || modify->regs_written() != 1) {
+      this->result = fs_reg(this, ir->type);
       fs_inst *inst = emit(BRW_OPCODE_MOV, this->result, src);
       inst->saturate = true;
    } else {