diff --git a/src/intel/compiler/jay/jay_from_nir.c b/src/intel/compiler/jay/jay_from_nir.c
index 35f65b1fbc3..e928efeeb86 100644
--- a/src/intel/compiler/jay/jay_from_nir.c
+++ b/src/intel/compiler/jay/jay_from_nir.c
@@ -2677,8 +2677,12 @@ jay_compile(const struct intel_device_info *devinfo,
             nir->info.bit_sizes_float);
 
    if (!(jay_debug & JAY_DBG_NOOPT)) {
-      JAY_PASS(s, jay_opt_predicate);
+      /* jay_assign_accumulators uses a conservative liveness analysis for
+       * predication, so assign accumulators before predicating for better
+       * results.
+       */
       JAY_PASS(s, jay_assign_accumulators);
+      JAY_PASS(s, jay_opt_predicate);
    }
 
    JAY_PASS(s, jay_lower_scoreboard);