diff --git a/src/asahi/compiler/agx_compile.c b/src/asahi/compiler/agx_compile.c
index ab7fb8dc031..5c4598a7d80 100644
--- a/src/asahi/compiler/agx_compile.c
+++ b/src/asahi/compiler/agx_compile.c
@@ -3112,14 +3112,13 @@ agx_compile_shader_nir(nir_shader *nir, struct agx_shader_key *key,
    if (nir->info.stage == MESA_SHADER_FRAGMENT && key->fs.nr_samples) {
       if (agx_nir_lower_sample_mask(nir, key->fs.nr_samples)) {
          /* Clean up ixor(bcsel) patterns created from sample mask lowering.
-          * If this succeeds, we'll have expressions to constant fold to get the
-          * benefit. We need to rescalarize after folding constants.
+          * Also constant fold to get the benefit. We need to rescalarize after
+          * folding constants.
           */
-         if (agx_nir_opt_ixor_bcsel(nir)) {
-            NIR_PASS_V(nir, nir_opt_constant_folding);
-            NIR_PASS_V(nir, nir_lower_load_const_to_scalar);
-            NIR_PASS_V(nir, nir_opt_dce);
-         }
+         NIR_PASS_V(nir, agx_nir_opt_ixor_bcsel);
+         NIR_PASS_V(nir, nir_opt_constant_folding);
+         NIR_PASS_V(nir, nir_lower_load_const_to_scalar);
+         NIR_PASS_V(nir, nir_opt_dce);
       }
    }