diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/kernel.rs b/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/kernel.rs
index 4b244b032f3..a043cd0277b 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/kernel.rs
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/kernel.rs
@@ -639,6 +639,12 @@ fn compile_nir_to_args(
     nir_pass!(nir, nir_scale_fdiv);
     nir.set_workgroup_size_variable_if_zero();
     nir.structurize();
+    nir_pass!(
+        nir,
+        nir_lower_variable_initializers,
+        nir_variable_mode::nir_var_function_temp
+    );
+
     while {
         let mut progress = false;
         nir_pass!(nir, nir_split_var_copies);
diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/mesa/compiler/nir.rs b/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/mesa/compiler/nir.rs
index 207153025f4..15922386804 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/mesa/compiler/nir.rs
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/mesa/compiler/nir.rs
@@ -259,11 +259,6 @@ impl NirShader {
     }
 
     pub fn inline(&mut self, libclc: &NirShader) {
-        nir_pass!(
-            self,
-            nir_lower_variable_initializers,
-            nir_variable_mode::nir_var_function_temp,
-        );
         nir_pass!(self, nir_lower_returns);
         nir_pass!(self, nir_link_shader_functions, libclc.nir.as_ptr());
         nir_pass!(self, nir_inline_functions);