diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_cmdstream.c b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_cmdstream.c
index 813fe899626..c23c2e7a9db 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_cmdstream.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/pan_cmdstream.c
@@ -551,8 +551,7 @@ panfrost_prepare_midgard_fs_state(struct panfrost_context *ctx,
                  * lying to the hardware about the discard and setting the
                  * reads tilebuffer? flag to compensate */
                 state->properties.midgard.shader_reads_tilebuffer =
-                        fs->info.fs.outputs_read ||
-                        (!zsa->enabled && fs->info.fs.can_discard);
+                        !zsa->enabled && fs->info.fs.can_discard;
                 state->properties.midgard.shader_contains_discard =
                         zsa->enabled && fs->info.fs.can_discard;
         }
diff --git a/src/panfrost/lib/pan_shader.h b/src/panfrost/lib/pan_shader.h
index 732e0fc821e..c31c35dfc6d 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/lib/pan_shader.h
+++ b/src/panfrost/lib/pan_shader.h
@@ -55,8 +55,12 @@ pan_shader_prepare_midgard_rsd(const struct pan_shader_info *info,
 
         /* For fragment shaders, work register count, early-z, reads at draw-time */
 
-        if (info->stage != MESA_SHADER_FRAGMENT)
+        if (info->stage != MESA_SHADER_FRAGMENT) {
                 rsd->properties.midgard.work_register_count = info->work_reg_count;
+        } else {
+                rsd->properties.midgard.shader_reads_tilebuffer =
+                        info->fs.outputs_read;
+        }
 }
 
 /* Classify a shader into the following pixel kill categories: