diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_cmdstream.c b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_cmdstream.c
index e4c3f35b128..d104d14e1dd 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_cmdstream.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_cmdstream.c
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ panfrost_shader_meta_init(struct panfrost_context *ctx,
                 meta->midgard1.flags_lo = 0x20;
                 meta->midgard1.uniform_buffer_count = panfrost_ubo_count(ctx, st);
 
-                SET_BIT(meta->midgard1.flags_hi, MALI_WRITES_GLOBAL, ss->writes_global);
+                SET_BIT(meta->midgard1.flags_lo, MALI_WRITES_GLOBAL, ss->writes_global);
         }
 }