diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/virgl/virgl_context.c b/src/gallium/drivers/virgl/virgl_context.c
index 6d9683b6e47..b78ca18f15b 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/virgl/virgl_context.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/virgl/virgl_context.c
@@ -684,8 +684,11 @@ static void *virgl_shader_encoder(struct pipe_context *ctx,
    int ret;
 
    if (shader->type == PIPE_SHADER_IR_NIR) {
+      struct nir_to_tgsi_options options = {
+         .unoptimized_ra = true
+      };
       nir_shader *s = nir_shader_clone(NULL, shader->ir.nir);
-      ntt_tokens = tokens = nir_to_tgsi(s, vctx->base.screen); /* takes ownership */
+      ntt_tokens = tokens = nir_to_tgsi_options(s, vctx->base.screen, &options); /* takes ownership */
    } else {
       tokens = shader->tokens;
    }
@@ -1366,8 +1369,11 @@ static void *virgl_create_compute_state(struct pipe_context *ctx,
    int ret;
 
    if (state->ir_type == PIPE_SHADER_IR_NIR) {
+      struct nir_to_tgsi_options options = {
+         .unoptimized_ra = true
+      };
       nir_shader *s = nir_shader_clone(NULL, state->prog);
-      ntt_tokens = tokens = nir_to_tgsi(s, vctx->base.screen); /* takes ownership */
+      ntt_tokens = tokens = nir_to_tgsi_options(s, vctx->base.screen, &options); /* takes ownership */
    } else {
       tokens = state->prog;
    }