diff --git a/src/amd/vulkan/radv_shader.c b/src/amd/vulkan/radv_shader.c
index 9b31bb8452d..fd672d2384b 100644
--- a/src/amd/vulkan/radv_shader.c
+++ b/src/amd/vulkan/radv_shader.c
@@ -785,6 +785,7 @@ radv_shader_spirv_to_nir(struct radv_device *device, struct radv_shader_stage *s
       radv_optimize_nir(nir, false);
 
       NIR_PASS(_, nir, nir_opt_memcpy);
+      NIR_PASS(_, nir, nir_opt_deref);
    }
 
    /* We call nir_lower_var_copies() after the first radv_optimize_nir()