diff --git a/src/intel/compiler/brw_opt.cpp b/src/intel/compiler/brw_opt.cpp
index 88964c6c601..97f012487e4 100644
--- a/src/intel/compiler/brw_opt.cpp
+++ b/src/intel/compiler/brw_opt.cpp
@@ -366,18 +366,31 @@ brw_opt_split_sends(brw_shader &s)
           lp->dst.nr != send->src[SEND_SRC_PAYLOAD1].nr)
          continue;
 
-      /* Split either after the header (if present), or when consecutive
-       * sources switch from one VGRF to a different one.
-       */
       unsigned mid = lp->header_size;
       if (mid == 0) {
-         for (mid = 1; mid < lp->sources; mid++) {
-            if (lp->src[mid].file == BAD_FILE)
-               continue;
+         /* SENDs gnerated generated by opt_txf_combiner look like this :
+          *
+          * load_payload(1) %222:D, -10d, -9d, -8d, -7d, -6d, -5d, -4d, -3d, -2d, -1d, 0d, 1d, 2d, 3d, 4d, 5d NoMask group0
+          * send(16) (mlen: 2) %223, 0u, 0u, %222, (null) NoMask group0 Desc 0x0005a001
+          *
+          * dEQP-VK.robustness.robustness2.bind.notemplate.r32i.unroll.nonvolatile.
+          *         uniform_texel_buffer.no_fmt_qual.len_36.samples_1.1d.comp
+          *
+          * In that case just split in the middle, it doesn´t make sense to
+          * try to look at the LOAD_PAYLOAD sources to figure out where to
+          * split.
+          */
+         if (lp->exec_size == 1) {
+            mid = lp->sources / 2;
+         } else {
+            for (mid = 1; mid < lp->sources; mid++) {
+               if (lp->src[mid].file == BAD_FILE)
+                  continue;
 
-            if (lp->src[0].file != lp->src[mid].file ||
-                lp->src[0].nr != lp->src[mid].nr)
-               break;
+               if (lp->src[0].file != lp->src[mid].file ||
+                   lp->src[0].nr != lp->src[mid].nr)
+                  break;
+            }
          }
       }