diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/r300/compiler/radeon_program_alu.c b/src/gallium/drivers/r300/compiler/radeon_program_alu.c
index 7ea348dc5b9..5d76e5b6b97 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/r300/compiler/radeon_program_alu.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/r300/compiler/radeon_program_alu.c
@@ -699,25 +699,25 @@ static void transform_r300_vertex_SEQ(struct radeon_compiler *c,
 	struct rc_instruction *inst)
 {
 	/* x = y  <==>  x >= y && y >= x */
-	int tmp = rc_find_free_temporary(c);
-
 	/* x <= y */
+	struct rc_dst_register dst0 = try_to_reuse_dst(c, inst);
 	emit2(c, inst->Prev, RC_OPCODE_SGE, NULL,
-	      dstregtmpmask(tmp, inst->U.I.DstReg.WriteMask),
+	      dst0,
 	      inst->U.I.SrcReg[0],
 	      inst->U.I.SrcReg[1]);
 
 	/* y <= x */
+	int tmp = rc_find_free_temporary(c);
 	emit2(c, inst->Prev, RC_OPCODE_SGE, NULL,
-	      inst->U.I.DstReg,
+	      dstregtmpmask(tmp, inst->U.I.DstReg.WriteMask),
 	      inst->U.I.SrcReg[1],
 	      inst->U.I.SrcReg[0]);
 
 	/* x && y  =  x * y */
 	emit2(c, inst->Prev, RC_OPCODE_MUL, NULL,
 	      inst->U.I.DstReg,
-	      srcreg(RC_FILE_TEMPORARY, tmp),
-	      srcreg(inst->U.I.DstReg.File, inst->U.I.DstReg.Index));
+	      srcreg(dst0.File, dst0.Index),
+	      srcreg(RC_FILE_TEMPORARY, tmp));
 
 	rc_remove_instruction(inst);
 }
@@ -726,25 +726,25 @@ static void transform_r300_vertex_SNE(struct radeon_compiler *c,
 	struct rc_instruction *inst)
 {
 	/* x != y  <==>  x < y || y < x */
-	int tmp = rc_find_free_temporary(c);
-
 	/* x < y */
+	struct rc_dst_register dst0 = try_to_reuse_dst(c, inst);
 	emit2(c, inst->Prev, RC_OPCODE_SLT, NULL,
-	      dstregtmpmask(tmp, inst->U.I.DstReg.WriteMask),
+	      dst0,
 	      inst->U.I.SrcReg[0],
 	      inst->U.I.SrcReg[1]);
 
 	/* y < x */
+	int tmp = rc_find_free_temporary(c);
 	emit2(c, inst->Prev, RC_OPCODE_SLT, NULL,
-	      inst->U.I.DstReg,
+	      dstregtmpmask(tmp, inst->U.I.DstReg.WriteMask),
 	      inst->U.I.SrcReg[1],
 	      inst->U.I.SrcReg[0]);
 
 	/* x || y  =  max(x, y) */
 	emit2(c, inst->Prev, RC_OPCODE_MAX, NULL,
 	      inst->U.I.DstReg,
-	      srcreg(RC_FILE_TEMPORARY, tmp),
-	      srcreg(inst->U.I.DstReg.File, inst->U.I.DstReg.Index));
+	      srcreg(dst0.File, dst0.Index),
+	      srcreg(RC_FILE_TEMPORARY, tmp));
 
 	rc_remove_instruction(inst);
 }