diff --git a/src/compiler/nir/nir.c b/src/compiler/nir/nir.c
index 502846c3886..8b099b80cf3 100644
--- a/src/compiler/nir/nir.c
+++ b/src/compiler/nir/nir.c
@@ -3550,6 +3550,19 @@ nir_remove_non_exported(nir_shader *nir)
    }
 }
 
+/*
+ * After precompiling entrypoints from a kernel library, we want to garbage
+ * collect the NIR entrypoints but leave the exported library functions. This
+ * helper does that.
+ */
+void
+nir_remove_entrypoints(nir_shader *nir)
+{
+   nir_foreach_entrypoint_safe(func, nir) {
+      exec_node_remove(&func->node);
+   }
+}
+
 unsigned
 nir_static_workgroup_size(const nir_shader *s)
 {
diff --git a/src/compiler/nir/nir.h b/src/compiler/nir/nir.h
index 0d775271323..f3ec0c896b5 100644
--- a/src/compiler/nir/nir.h
+++ b/src/compiler/nir/nir.h
@@ -4582,6 +4582,7 @@ nir_shader_get_function_for_name(const nir_shader *shader, const char *name)
  */
 void nir_remove_non_entrypoints(nir_shader *shader);
 void nir_remove_non_exported(nir_shader *shader);
+void nir_remove_entrypoints(nir_shader *shader);
 void nir_fixup_is_exported(nir_shader *shader);
 
 nir_shader *nir_shader_create(void *mem_ctx,