diff --git a/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_compiler_nir.c b/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_compiler_nir.c
index 933ef90cba7..d8d0bcd85b7 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_compiler_nir.c
+++ b/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_compiler_nir.c
@@ -3756,7 +3756,7 @@ static void
 emit_stream_out(struct ir3_context *ctx)
 {
    struct ir3 *ir = ctx->ir;
-   struct ir3_stream_output_info *strmout = &ctx->so->shader->stream_output;
+   struct ir3_stream_output_info *strmout = &ctx->so->stream_output;
    struct ir3_block *orig_end_block, *stream_out_block, *new_end_block;
    struct ir3_instruction *vtxcnt, *maxvtxcnt, *cond;
    struct ir3_instruction *bases[IR3_MAX_SO_BUFFERS];
@@ -3894,7 +3894,7 @@ emit_function(struct ir3_context *ctx, nir_function_impl *impl)
     * out instructions.
     */
    if ((ctx->compiler->gen < 5) &&
-       (ctx->so->shader->stream_output.num_outputs > 0) &&
+       (ctx->so->stream_output.num_outputs > 0) &&
        !ctx->so->binning_pass) {
       debug_assert(ctx->so->type == MESA_SHADER_VERTEX);
       emit_stream_out(ctx);
diff --git a/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_nir.c b/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_nir.c
index 61be4a37037..ebda680e2d3 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_nir.c
+++ b/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_nir.c
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ ir3_setup_const_state(nir_shader *nir, struct ir3_shader_variant *v,
 
    ir3_nir_scan_driver_consts(compiler, nir, const_state);
 
-   if ((compiler->gen < 5) && (v->shader->stream_output.num_outputs > 0)) {
+   if ((compiler->gen < 5) && (v->stream_output.num_outputs > 0)) {
       const_state->num_driver_params =
          MAX2(const_state->num_driver_params, IR3_DP_VTXCNT_MAX + 1);
    }
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ ir3_setup_const_state(nir_shader *nir, struct ir3_shader_variant *v,
    }
 
    if ((v->type == MESA_SHADER_VERTEX) && (compiler->gen < 5) &&
-       v->shader->stream_output.num_outputs > 0) {
+       v->stream_output.num_outputs > 0) {
       const_state->offsets.tfbo = constoff;
       constoff += align(IR3_MAX_SO_BUFFERS * ptrsz, 4) / 4;
    }
diff --git a/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_shader.c b/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_shader.c
index 002ad27c1f0..bb8d67d8a0c 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_shader.c
+++ b/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_shader.c
@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@ alloc_variant(struct ir3_shader *shader, const struct ir3_shader_key *key,
    v->key = *key;
    v->type = shader->type;
    v->mergedregs = shader->compiler->gen >= 6;
+   v->stream_output = shader->stream_output;
 
    if (!v->binning_pass)
       v->const_state = rzalloc_size(v, sizeof(*v->const_state));
@@ -855,7 +856,7 @@ void
 ir3_link_stream_out(struct ir3_shader_linkage *l,
                     const struct ir3_shader_variant *v)
 {
-   const struct ir3_stream_output_info *strmout = &v->shader->stream_output;
+   const struct ir3_stream_output_info *strmout = &v->stream_output;
 
    /*
     * First, any stream-out varyings not already in linkage map (ie. also
diff --git a/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_shader.h b/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_shader.h
index f543d8316d5..a28f48902ad 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_shader.h
+++ b/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_shader.h
@@ -731,6 +731,9 @@ struct ir3_shader_variant {
    /* Important for compute shader to determine max reg footprint */
    bool has_barrier;
 
+   /* For when we don't have a shader, variant's copy of streamout state */
+   struct ir3_stream_output_info stream_output;
+
    struct ir3_disasm_info disasm_info;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_pipeline.c b/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_pipeline.c
index abe232e56f7..81655b37393 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_pipeline.c
+++ b/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_pipeline.c
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ tu6_setup_streamout(struct tu_cs *cs,
                     const struct ir3_shader_variant *v,
                     struct ir3_shader_linkage *l)
 {
-   const struct ir3_stream_output_info *info = &v->shader->stream_output;
+   const struct ir3_stream_output_info *info = &v->stream_output;
    /* Note: 64 here comes from the HW layout of the program RAM. The program
     * for stream N is at DWORD 64 * N.
     */
@@ -1016,7 +1016,7 @@ tu6_emit_vpc(struct tu_cs *cs,
    if (fs)
       ir3_link_shaders(&linkage, last_shader, fs, true);
 
-   if (last_shader->shader->stream_output.num_outputs)
+   if (last_shader->stream_output.num_outputs)
       ir3_link_stream_out(&linkage, last_shader);
 
    /* We do this after linking shaders in order to know whether PrimID
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a5xx/fd5_emit.c b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a5xx/fd5_emit.c
index 5caaf9d5d5f..46ae6f18c58 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a5xx/fd5_emit.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a5xx/fd5_emit.c
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ fd5_emit_state(struct fd_context *ctx, struct fd_ringbuffer *ring,
    if (!emit->binning_pass)
       ir3_emit_fs_consts(fp, ring, ctx);
 
-   struct ir3_stream_output_info *info = &vp->shader->stream_output;
+   const struct ir3_stream_output_info *info = &vp->stream_output;
    if (info->num_outputs) {
       struct fd_streamout_stateobj *so = &ctx->streamout;
 
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a5xx/fd5_emit.h b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a5xx/fd5_emit.h
index b91d8d0c929..e4f33d012b2 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a5xx/fd5_emit.h
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a5xx/fd5_emit.h
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ fd5_emit_get_vp(struct fd5_emit *emit)
        * is what has all the outputs that might be involved in TFB.
        */
       if (emit->binning_pass &&
-          !emit->prog->vs->shader->stream_output.num_outputs)
+          !emit->prog->vs->stream_output.num_outputs)
          emit->vs = emit->prog->bs;
       else
          emit->vs = emit->prog->vs;
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a5xx/fd5_program.c b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a5xx/fd5_program.c
index c55e3403bea..2b7fb722ac2 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a5xx/fd5_program.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a5xx/fd5_program.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ static void
 emit_stream_out(struct fd_ringbuffer *ring, const struct ir3_shader_variant *v,
                 struct ir3_shader_linkage *l)
 {
-   const struct ir3_stream_output_info *strmout = &v->shader->stream_output;
+   const struct ir3_stream_output_info *strmout = &v->stream_output;
    unsigned ncomp[PIPE_MAX_SO_BUFFERS] = {0};
    unsigned prog[align(l->max_loc, 2) / 2];
 
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ fd5_program_emit(struct fd_context *ctx, struct fd_ringbuffer *ring,
 
    setup_stages(emit, s);
 
-   bool do_streamout = (s[VS].v->shader->stream_output.num_outputs > 0);
+   bool do_streamout = (s[VS].v->stream_output.num_outputs > 0);
    uint8_t clip_mask = s[VS].v->clip_mask,
            cull_mask = s[VS].v->cull_mask;
    uint8_t clip_cull_mask = clip_mask | cull_mask;
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a6xx/fd6_emit.c b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a6xx/fd6_emit.c
index fc2d8bb9f1b..ba894290e08 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a6xx/fd6_emit.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a6xx/fd6_emit.c
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ fd6_emit_streamout(struct fd_ringbuffer *ring, struct fd6_emit *emit) assert_dt
 {
    struct fd_context *ctx = emit->ctx;
    const struct fd6_program_state *prog = fd6_emit_get_prog(emit);
-   struct ir3_stream_output_info *info = prog->stream_output;
+   const struct ir3_stream_output_info *info = prog->stream_output;
    struct fd_streamout_stateobj *so = &ctx->streamout;
 
    emit->streamout_mask = 0;
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a6xx/fd6_program.c b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a6xx/fd6_program.c
index 33264d77799..68cf39e1b59 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a6xx/fd6_program.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a6xx/fd6_program.c
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ setup_stream_out(struct fd_context *ctx, struct fd6_program_state *state,
                  const struct ir3_shader_variant *v,
                  struct ir3_shader_linkage *l)
 {
-   const struct ir3_stream_output_info *strmout = &v->shader->stream_output;
+   const struct ir3_stream_output_info *strmout = &v->stream_output;
 
    /* Note: 64 here comes from the HW layout of the program RAM. The program
     * for stream N is at DWORD 64 * N.
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ setup_stateobj(struct fd_ringbuffer *ring, struct fd_context *ctx,
    struct ir3_shader_linkage l = {0};
    const struct ir3_shader_variant *last_shader = fd6_last_shader(state);
 
-   bool do_streamout = (last_shader->shader->stream_output.num_outputs > 0);
+   bool do_streamout = (last_shader->stream_output.num_outputs > 0);
    uint8_t clip_mask = last_shader->clip_mask,
            cull_mask = last_shader->cull_mask;
    uint8_t clip_cull_mask = clip_mask | cull_mask;
@@ -1248,7 +1248,7 @@ fd6_program_create(void *data, struct ir3_shader_variant *bs,
     * binning pass VS will have outputs on other than position/psize
     * stripped out:
     */
-   state->bs = vs->shader->stream_output.num_outputs ? vs : bs;
+   state->bs = vs->stream_output.num_outputs ? vs : bs;
    state->vs = vs;
    state->hs = hs;
    state->ds = ds;
@@ -1285,8 +1285,8 @@ fd6_program_create(void *data, struct ir3_shader_variant *bs,
    setup_stateobj(state->stateobj, ctx, state, key, false);
    state->interp_stateobj = create_interp_stateobj(ctx, state);
 
-   struct ir3_stream_output_info *stream_output =
-      &fd6_last_shader(state)->shader->stream_output;
+   const struct ir3_stream_output_info *stream_output =
+      &fd6_last_shader(state)->stream_output;
    if (stream_output->num_outputs > 0)
       state->stream_output = stream_output;
 
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a6xx/fd6_program.h b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a6xx/fd6_program.h
index 0bfd9ea3ebe..0f17f602651 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a6xx/fd6_program.h
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/a6xx/fd6_program.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ struct fd6_program_state {
    struct fd_ringbuffer *streamout_stateobj;
    struct fd_ringbuffer *stateobj;
 
-   struct ir3_stream_output_info *stream_output;
+   const struct ir3_stream_output_info *stream_output;
 
    /**
     * Output components from frag shader.  It is possible to have
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/ir3/ir3_const.h b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/ir3/ir3_const.h
index 716fc32a7a0..2b2a870135a 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/ir3/ir3_const.h
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/ir3/ir3_const.h
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ emit_tfbos(struct fd_context *ctx, const struct ir3_shader_variant *v,
    uint32_t offset = const_state->offsets.tfbo;
    if (v->constlen > offset) {
       struct fd_streamout_stateobj *so = &ctx->streamout;
-      struct ir3_stream_output_info *info = &v->shader->stream_output;
+      const struct ir3_stream_output_info *info = &v->stream_output;
       uint32_t params = 4;
       uint32_t offsets[params];
       struct fd_bo *bos[params];
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/ir3/ir3_gallium.c b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/ir3/ir3_gallium.c
index fbde261b14e..8625625c835 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/ir3/ir3_gallium.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/freedreno/ir3/ir3_gallium.c
@@ -585,10 +585,10 @@ ir3_update_max_tf_vtx(struct fd_context *ctx,
                       const struct ir3_shader_variant *v)
 {
    struct fd_streamout_stateobj *so = &ctx->streamout;
-   struct ir3_stream_output_info *info = &v->shader->stream_output;
+   const struct ir3_stream_output_info *info = &v->stream_output;
    uint32_t maxvtxcnt = 0x7fffffff;
 
-   if (v->shader->stream_output.num_outputs == 0)
+   if (v->stream_output.num_outputs == 0)
       maxvtxcnt = 0;
    if (so->num_targets == 0)
       maxvtxcnt = 0;