diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/lavapipe/lvp_pipeline.c b/src/gallium/frontends/lavapipe/lvp_pipeline.c
index 488f2a2d746..e20688ec64c 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/lavapipe/lvp_pipeline.c
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/lavapipe/lvp_pipeline.c
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ lvp_ycbcr_conversion_lookup(const void *data, uint32_t set, uint32_t binding, ui
 
 /* pipeline is NULL for shader objects. */
 static void
-lvp_shader_lower(struct lvp_device *pdevice, struct lvp_pipeline *pipeline, nir_shader *nir, struct lvp_shader *shader, struct lvp_pipeline_layout *layout)
+lvp_shader_lower(struct lvp_device *pdevice, struct lvp_pipeline *pipeline, nir_shader *nir, struct lvp_pipeline_layout *layout)
 {
    if (nir->info.stage != MESA_SHADER_TESS_CTRL)
       NIR_PASS_V(nir, remove_barriers, nir->info.stage == MESA_SHADER_COMPUTE || nir->info.stage == MESA_SHADER_MESH || nir->info.stage == MESA_SHADER_TASK);
@@ -489,7 +489,11 @@ lvp_shader_lower(struct lvp_device *pdevice, struct lvp_pipeline *pipeline, nir_
    }
    nir_assign_io_var_locations(nir, nir_var_shader_out, &nir->num_outputs,
                                nir->info.stage);
+}
 
+static void
+lvp_shader_init(struct lvp_shader *shader, nir_shader *nir)
+{
    nir_function_impl *impl = nir_shader_get_entrypoint(nir);
    if (impl->ssa_alloc > 100) //skip for small shaders
       shader->inlines.must_inline = lvp_find_inlinable_uniforms(shader, nir);
@@ -508,8 +512,10 @@ lvp_shader_compile_to_ir(struct lvp_pipeline *pipeline,
    struct lvp_shader *shader = &pipeline->shaders[stage];
    nir_shader *nir;
    VkResult result = compile_spirv(pdevice, sinfo, &nir);
-   if (result == VK_SUCCESS)
-      lvp_shader_lower(pdevice, pipeline, nir, shader, pipeline->layout);
+   if (result == VK_SUCCESS) {
+      lvp_shader_lower(pdevice, pipeline, nir, pipeline->layout);
+      lvp_shader_init(shader, nir);
+   }
    return result;
 }
 
@@ -1286,7 +1292,12 @@ create_shader_object(struct lvp_device *device, const VkShaderCreateInfoEXT *pCr
       pCreateInfo->pPushConstantRanges,
    };
    shader->layout = lvp_pipeline_layout_create(device, &pci, pAllocator);
-   lvp_shader_lower(device, NULL, nir, shader, shader->layout);
+
+   if (pCreateInfo->codeType == VK_SHADER_CODE_TYPE_SPIRV_EXT)
+      lvp_shader_lower(device, NULL, nir, shader->layout);
+
+   lvp_shader_init(shader, nir);
+
    lvp_shader_xfb_init(shader);
    if (stage == MESA_SHADER_TESS_EVAL) {
       /* spec requires that all tess modes are set in both shaders */