diff --git a/src/intel/compiler/brw_nir.c b/src/intel/compiler/brw_nir.c
index cb88c50ffa6..760b661f5ba 100644
--- a/src/intel/compiler/brw_nir.c
+++ b/src/intel/compiler/brw_nir.c
@@ -955,10 +955,6 @@ brw_preprocess_nir(const struct brw_compiler *compiler, nir_shader *nir,
 
    OPT(nir_lower_bit_size, lower_bit_size_callback, (void *)compiler);
 
-   if (is_scalar) {
-      OPT(nir_lower_load_const_to_scalar);
-   }
-
    /* Lower a bunch of stuff */
    OPT(nir_lower_var_copies);
 
@@ -969,6 +965,10 @@ brw_preprocess_nir(const struct brw_compiler *compiler, nir_shader *nir,
       OPT(nir_opt_large_constants, NULL, 32);
    }
 
+   if (is_scalar) {
+      OPT(nir_lower_load_const_to_scalar);
+   }
+
    OPT(nir_lower_system_values);
    OPT(nir_lower_compute_system_values, NULL);