diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/r300/r300_emit.c b/src/gallium/drivers/r300/r300_emit.c
index 3897e990b1c..e4afe786d65 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/r300/r300_emit.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/r300/r300_emit.c
@@ -1030,20 +1030,18 @@ void r300_emit_vs_state(struct r300_context* r300, unsigned size, void* state)
             R300_PVS_VF_MAX_VTX_NUM(12) |
             (r300screen->caps.is_r500 ? R500_TCL_STATE_OPTIMIZATION : 0));
 
-    /* Emit flow control instructions. */
-    if (code->num_fc_ops) {
-
-        OUT_CS_REG(R300_VAP_PVS_FLOW_CNTL_OPC, code->fc_ops);
-        if (r300screen->caps.is_r500) {
-            OUT_CS_REG_SEQ(R500_VAP_PVS_FLOW_CNTL_ADDRS_LW_0, code->num_fc_ops * 2);
-            OUT_CS_TABLE(code->fc_op_addrs.r500, code->num_fc_ops * 2);
-        } else {
-            OUT_CS_REG_SEQ(R300_VAP_PVS_FLOW_CNTL_ADDRS_0, code->num_fc_ops);
-            OUT_CS_TABLE(code->fc_op_addrs.r300, code->num_fc_ops);
-        }
-        OUT_CS_REG_SEQ(R300_VAP_PVS_FLOW_CNTL_LOOP_INDEX_0, code->num_fc_ops);
-        OUT_CS_TABLE(code->fc_loop_index, code->num_fc_ops);
+    /* Emit flow control instructions.  Even if there are no fc instructions,
+     * we still need to write the registers to make sure they are cleared. */
+    OUT_CS_REG(R300_VAP_PVS_FLOW_CNTL_OPC, code->fc_ops);
+    if (r300screen->caps.is_r500) {
+        OUT_CS_REG_SEQ(R500_VAP_PVS_FLOW_CNTL_ADDRS_LW_0, R300_VS_MAX_FC_OPS * 2);
+        OUT_CS_TABLE(code->fc_op_addrs.r500, R300_VS_MAX_FC_OPS * 2);
+    } else {
+        OUT_CS_REG_SEQ(R300_VAP_PVS_FLOW_CNTL_ADDRS_0, R300_VS_MAX_FC_OPS);
+        OUT_CS_TABLE(code->fc_op_addrs.r300, R300_VS_MAX_FC_OPS);
     }
+    OUT_CS_REG_SEQ(R300_VAP_PVS_FLOW_CNTL_LOOP_INDEX_0, R300_VS_MAX_FC_OPS);
+    OUT_CS_TABLE(code->fc_loop_index, R300_VS_MAX_FC_OPS);
 
     END_CS;
 }
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/r300/r300_state.c b/src/gallium/drivers/r300/r300_state.c
index 4101523c542..10625b45e3e 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/r300/r300_state.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/r300/r300_state.c
@@ -1796,9 +1796,8 @@ static void r300_bind_vs_state(struct pipe_context* pipe, void* shader)
     if (r300->screen->caps.has_tcl) {
         unsigned fc_op_dwords = r300->screen->caps.is_r500 ? 3 : 2;
         r300_mark_atom_dirty(r300, &r300->vs_state);
-        r300->vs_state.size =
-                vs->code.length + 9 +
-        (vs->code.num_fc_ops ? vs->code.num_fc_ops * fc_op_dwords + 4 : 0);
+        r300->vs_state.size = vs->code.length + 9 +
+			(R300_VS_MAX_FC_OPS * fc_op_dwords + 4);
 
         r300_mark_atom_dirty(r300, &r300->vs_constants);
         r300->vs_constants.size =