diff --git a/src/microsoft/compiler/dxil_nir_tess.c b/src/microsoft/compiler/dxil_nir_tess.c
index 684193d50ae..55f04223c22 100644
--- a/src/microsoft/compiler/dxil_nir_tess.c
+++ b/src/microsoft/compiler/dxil_nir_tess.c
@@ -214,9 +214,11 @@ dxil_nir_split_tess_ctrl(nir_shader *nir, nir_function **patch_const_func)
     * will run sequentially. Then a loop is inserted so load_invocation_id will load the
     * loop counter. This loop continues until a barrier is reached, when the loop
     * is closed and the process begins again.
-    * 
-    * First, sink load_invocation_id so that it's present on both sides of barriers.
-    * Each use gets a unique load of the invocation ID.
+    *
+    * First, sink load_invocation_id so that each use has its own local load.
+    * This ensures the load sits in the same pre/post-barrier region as its
+    * use, which the loop-wrapping pass below relies on — even for single-use
+    * loads whose use sits across a barrier.
     */
    nir_builder b = nir_builder_create(patch_const_func_impl);
    nir_foreach_block(block, patch_const_func_impl) {
@@ -225,8 +227,7 @@ dxil_nir_split_tess_ctrl(nir_shader *nir, nir_function **patch_const_func)
             continue;
          nir_intrinsic_instr *intr = nir_instr_as_intrinsic(instr);
          if (intr->intrinsic != nir_intrinsic_load_invocation_id ||
-             list_is_empty(&intr->def.uses) ||
-             list_is_singular(&intr->def.uses))
+             list_is_empty(&intr->def.uses))
             continue;
          nir_foreach_use_including_if_safe(src, &intr->def) {
             b.cursor = nir_before_src(src);