diff --git a/src/broadcom/compiler/nir_to_vir.c b/src/broadcom/compiler/nir_to_vir.c
index 671f3dbd2ab..8d805a97ea0 100644
--- a/src/broadcom/compiler/nir_to_vir.c
+++ b/src/broadcom/compiler/nir_to_vir.c
@@ -3018,7 +3018,8 @@ v3d_nir_to_vir(struct v3d_compile *c)
                         fprintf(stderr, "Failed to register allocate at %d threads:\n",
                                 c->threads);
                         vir_dump(c);
-                        c->failed = true;
+                        c->compilation_result =
+                                V3D_COMPILATION_FAILED_REGISTER_ALLOCATION;
                         return;
                 }
 
diff --git a/src/broadcom/compiler/v3d_compiler.h b/src/broadcom/compiler/v3d_compiler.h
index 10df1af3ce4..624af49c866 100644
--- a/src/broadcom/compiler/v3d_compiler.h
+++ b/src/broadcom/compiler/v3d_compiler.h
@@ -489,6 +489,12 @@ vir_after_block(struct qblock *block)
         return (struct vir_cursor){ vir_cursor_addtail, &block->instructions };
 }
 
+enum v3d_compilation_result {
+        V3D_COMPILATION_SUCCEEDED,
+        V3D_COMPILATION_FAILED_REGISTER_ALLOCATION,
+        V3D_COMPILATION_FAILED,
+};
+
 /**
  * Compiler state saved across compiler invocations, for any expensive global
  * setup.
@@ -666,7 +672,7 @@ struct v3d_compile {
         bool emitted_tlb_load;
         bool lock_scoreboard_on_first_thrsw;
 
-        bool failed;
+        enum v3d_compilation_result compilation_result;
 
         bool tmu_dirty_rcl;
 };
diff --git a/src/broadcom/compiler/vir.c b/src/broadcom/compiler/vir.c
index fceaafb9e03..a118d2d4c88 100644
--- a/src/broadcom/compiler/vir.c
+++ b/src/broadcom/compiler/vir.c
@@ -512,6 +512,7 @@ vir_compile_init(const struct v3d_compiler *compiler,
         c->threads = 4;
         c->debug_output = debug_output;
         c->debug_output_data = debug_output_data;
+        c->compilation_result = V3D_COMPILATION_SUCCEEDED;
 
         s = nir_shader_clone(c, s);
         c->s = s;
diff --git a/src/broadcom/compiler/vir_to_qpu.c b/src/broadcom/compiler/vir_to_qpu.c
index e6461ff94bb..2d72f2f744d 100644
--- a/src/broadcom/compiler/vir_to_qpu.c
+++ b/src/broadcom/compiler/vir_to_qpu.c
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ v3d_vir_to_qpu(struct v3d_compile *c, struct qpu_reg *temp_registers)
                         fprintf(stderr, "Failed to pack instruction:\n");
                         vir_dump_inst(c, inst);
                         fprintf(stderr, "\n");
-                        c->failed = true;
+                        c->compilation_result = V3D_COMPILATION_FAILED;
                         return;
                 }
         }