diff --git a/src/compiler/spirv/spirv_to_nir.c b/src/compiler/spirv/spirv_to_nir.c
index 635fdda2527..f9b4eb85530 100644
--- a/src/compiler/spirv/spirv_to_nir.c
+++ b/src/compiler/spirv/spirv_to_nir.c
@@ -3872,19 +3872,16 @@ vtn_ssa_transpose(struct vtn_builder *b, struct vtn_ssa_value *src)
       vtn_create_ssa_value(b, glsl_transposed_type(src->type));
 
    for (unsigned i = 0; i < glsl_get_matrix_columns(dest->type); i++) {
-      nir_alu_instr *vec = create_vec(b, glsl_get_matrix_columns(src->type),
-                                         glsl_get_bit_size(src->type));
       if (glsl_type_is_vector_or_scalar(src->type)) {
-          vec->src[0].src = nir_src_for_ssa(src->def);
-          vec->src[0].swizzle[0] = i;
+         dest->elems[i]->def = nir_channel(&b->nb, src->def, i);
       } else {
-         for (unsigned j = 0; j < glsl_get_matrix_columns(src->type); j++) {
-            vec->src[j].src = nir_src_for_ssa(src->elems[j]->def);
-            vec->src[j].swizzle[0] = i;
+         unsigned cols = glsl_get_matrix_columns(src->type);
+         nir_ssa_scalar srcs[cols];
+         for (unsigned j = 0; j < cols; j++) {
+            srcs[j] = nir_get_ssa_scalar(src->elems[j]->def, i);
          }
+         dest->elems[i]->def = nir_vec_scalars(&b->nb, srcs, cols);
       }
-      nir_builder_instr_insert(&b->nb, &vec->instr);
-      dest->elems[i]->def = &vec->dest.dest.ssa;
    }
 
    dest->transposed = src;