diff --git a/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_shader.c b/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_shader.c
index 2ee168298cc..ce8a6e3bd59 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_shader.c
+++ b/src/freedreno/vulkan/tu_shader.c
@@ -120,9 +120,8 @@ tu_spirv_to_nir(struct tu_device *dev,
    NIR_PASS_V(nir, nir_opt_copy_prop_vars);
    NIR_PASS_V(nir, nir_opt_combine_stores, nir_var_all);
 
-   NIR_PASS_V(nir, nir_lower_is_helper_invocation);
-
    NIR_PASS_V(nir, nir_lower_system_values);
+   NIR_PASS_V(nir, nir_lower_is_helper_invocation);
 
    NIR_PASS_V(nir, nir_lower_frexp);