diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/iris/iris_program.c b/src/gallium/drivers/iris/iris_program.c
index f4c396465e8..9d28307fed4 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/iris/iris_program.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/iris/iris_program.c
@@ -1138,6 +1138,8 @@ iris_compile_cs(struct iris_context *ice,
 
    cs_prog_data->binding_table.work_groups_start = 0;
 
+   prog_data->total_shared = nir->info.cs.shared_size;
+
    iris_setup_uniforms(compiler, mem_ctx, nir, prog_data, &system_values,
                        &num_system_values);
 
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/iris/iris_state.c b/src/gallium/drivers/iris/iris_state.c
index 7d4ff7365ea..a21fcc17dca 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/iris/iris_state.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/iris/iris_state.c
@@ -4514,9 +4514,6 @@ iris_upload_compute_state(struct iris_context *ice,
    struct brw_stage_prog_data *prog_data = shader->prog_data;
    struct brw_cs_prog_data *cs_prog_data = (void *) prog_data;
 
-   // XXX: L3 configuration not set up for SLM
-   assert(prog_data->total_shared == 0);
-
    if ((dirty & IRIS_DIRTY_CONSTANTS_CS) && shs->cbuf0_needs_upload)
       upload_uniforms(ice, MESA_SHADER_COMPUTE);