diff --git a/src/compiler/glsl/gl_nir_linker.c b/src/compiler/glsl/gl_nir_linker.c
index c4ff190dacc..29d4a77efc4 100644
--- a/src/compiler/glsl/gl_nir_linker.c
+++ b/src/compiler/glsl/gl_nir_linker.c
@@ -959,6 +959,8 @@ gl_nir_zero_initialize_clip_distance(nir_shader *nir)
    if (clip_dist1)
       zero_array_members(&b, clip_dist1);
 
+   nir_metadata_preserve(impl, nir_metadata_dominance |
+                               nir_metadata_block_index);
    return true;
 }