diff --git a/src/panfrost/lib/pan_blend.c b/src/panfrost/lib/pan_blend.c
index f8830303a46..191575a605c 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/lib/pan_blend.c
+++ b/src/panfrost/lib/pan_blend.c
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ pan_blend_create_shader(const struct panfrost_device *dev,
                 .colormask = rt_state->equation.color_mask,
                 .half = nir_type == nir_type_float16,
                 .format = rt_state->format,
-                .is_bifrost = pan_is_bifrost(dev),
+                .scalar = pan_is_bifrost(dev),
         };
 
         if (!rt_state->equation.blend_enable) {
diff --git a/src/panfrost/util/nir_lower_blend.c b/src/panfrost/util/nir_lower_blend.c
index 0bf3c166215..c1e0af9d1ac 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/util/nir_lower_blend.c
+++ b/src/panfrost/util/nir_lower_blend.c
@@ -262,10 +262,7 @@ nir_blend(
 
    /* Grab the blend constant ahead of time */
    nir_ssa_def *bconst;
-   if (options.is_bifrost) {
-      /* Bifrost is a scalar architecture, so let's split loads now to avoid a
-       * lowering pass.
-       */
+   if (options.scalar) {
       bconst = nir_vec4(b,
                         nir_load_blend_const_color_r_float(b),
                         nir_load_blend_const_color_g_float(b),
diff --git a/src/panfrost/util/nir_lower_blend.h b/src/panfrost/util/nir_lower_blend.h
index 7d89d8cfcee..4b788c970b4 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/util/nir_lower_blend.h
+++ b/src/panfrost/util/nir_lower_blend.h
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ typedef struct {
    /* Use fp16 instead of fp32 */
    bool half;
 
-   bool is_bifrost;
+   bool scalar;
    nir_ssa_def *src1;
 } nir_lower_blend_options;