diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/kernel.rs b/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/kernel.rs
index 05296c0cd0e..cbe02152c41 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/kernel.rs
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/kernel.rs
@@ -516,6 +516,8 @@ fn lower_and_optimize_nir(
         nir_variable_mode::nir_var_mem_constant,
         Some(glsl_get_cl_type_size_align),
     );
+
+    // has to run before adding internal kernel arguments
     nir.extract_constant_initializers();
 
     // run before gather info
@@ -615,6 +617,8 @@ fn lower_and_optimize_nir(
         );
     }
 
+    // need to run after first opt loop and remove_dead_variables to get rid of uneccessary scratch
+    // memory
     nir_pass!(
         nir,
         nir_lower_vars_to_explicit_types,