diff --git a/src/asahi/compiler/agx_compile.c b/src/asahi/compiler/agx_compile.c
index 77b5f06747d..b4e4dd11c2b 100644
--- a/src/asahi/compiler/agx_compile.c
+++ b/src/asahi/compiler/agx_compile.c
@@ -3010,7 +3010,6 @@ agx_preprocess_nir(nir_shader *nir, const nir_shader *libagx,
 
    /* Clean up deref gunk after lowering I/O */
    NIR_PASS(_, nir, nir_opt_dce);
-   NIR_PASS(_, nir, agx_nir_lower_texture);
 
    link_libagx(nir, libagx);
 
diff --git a/src/asahi/compiler/agx_compile.h b/src/asahi/compiler/agx_compile.h
index 98a7a444f71..8a9bc75d0a4 100644
--- a/src/asahi/compiler/agx_compile.h
+++ b/src/asahi/compiler/agx_compile.h
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ struct agx_shader_key {
 #define AGX_TEXTURE_FLAG_NO_CLAMP (1 << 0)
 
 bool agx_nir_lower_texture_early(nir_shader *s, bool support_lod_bias);
+bool agx_nir_lower_texture(nir_shader *s);
 
 void agx_preprocess_nir(nir_shader *nir, const nir_shader *libagx,
                         bool allow_mediump,
diff --git a/src/asahi/compiler/agx_compiler.h b/src/asahi/compiler/agx_compiler.h
index 06635fd9184..ad3a34f424a 100644
--- a/src/asahi/compiler/agx_compiler.h
+++ b/src/asahi/compiler/agx_compiler.h
@@ -925,7 +925,6 @@ void agx_emit_parallel_copies(agx_builder *b, struct agx_copy *copies,
 void agx_compute_liveness(agx_context *ctx);
 void agx_liveness_ins_update(BITSET_WORD *live, agx_instr *I);
 
-bool agx_nir_lower_texture(nir_shader *s);
 bool agx_nir_opt_preamble(nir_shader *s, unsigned *preamble_size);
 bool agx_nir_lower_load_mask(nir_shader *shader);
 bool agx_nir_lower_address(nir_shader *shader);
diff --git a/src/asahi/compiler/agx_nir_lower_texture.c b/src/asahi/compiler/agx_nir_lower_texture.c
index e3f42e9f03d..604aeb1813c 100644
--- a/src/asahi/compiler/agx_nir_lower_texture.c
+++ b/src/asahi/compiler/agx_nir_lower_texture.c
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ lower_images(nir_builder *b, nir_intrinsic_instr *intr, UNUSED void *data)
  * descriptor bindings. That means these passes operate on texture derefs. The
  * purpose is to make descriptor crawls explicit in the NIR, so that the driver
  * can accurately lower descriptors after this pass but before calling
- * agx_preprocess_nir (and hence the full agx_nir_lower_texture).
+ * the full agx_nir_lower_texture.
  */
 bool
 agx_nir_lower_texture_early(nir_shader *s, bool support_lod_bias)
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/asahi/agx_state.c b/src/gallium/drivers/asahi/agx_state.c
index 5e9399d30ce..124ac42eaed 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/asahi/agx_state.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/asahi/agx_state.c
@@ -2184,6 +2184,7 @@ agx_shader_initialize(struct agx_device *dev, struct agx_uncompiled_shader *so,
       NIR_PASS(_, nir, nir_lower_fragcolor, 8);
    }
 
+   NIR_PASS(_, nir, agx_nir_lower_texture);
    NIR_PASS(_, nir, nir_lower_ssbo);
 
    bool allow_mediump = !(dev->debug & AGX_DBG_NO16);