diff --git a/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_legalize.c b/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_legalize.c
index 7a3af2d2a09..a0095e18329 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_legalize.c
+++ b/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_legalize.c
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ struct ir3_legalize_state {
    regmask_t needs_ss_or_sy_scalar_war;
    regmask_t needs_sy;
    bool needs_ss_for_const;
+   bool needs_sy_for_const;
 
    /* Each of these arrays contains the cycle when the corresponding register
     * becomes "ready" i.e. does not require any more nops. There is a special
@@ -125,6 +126,7 @@ apply_sy(struct ir3_instruction *instr,
    regmask_init(&state->needs_sy, mergedregs);
    regmask_init(&state->needs_ss_or_sy_war, mergedregs);
    regmask_init(&state->needs_ss_or_sy_scalar_war, mergedregs);
+   state->needs_sy_for_const = false;
 }
 
 static bool
@@ -359,6 +361,7 @@ legalize_block(struct ir3_legalize_ctx *ctx, struct ir3_block *block)
                  &pstate->needs_ss_or_sy_war);
       regmask_or(&state->needs_sy, &state->needs_sy, &pstate->needs_sy);
       state->needs_ss_for_const |= pstate->needs_ss_for_const;
+      state->needs_sy_for_const |= pstate->needs_sy_for_const;
 
       /* Our nop state is the max of the predecessor blocks */
       for (unsigned i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(state->pred_ready); i++)
@@ -517,6 +520,9 @@ legalize_block(struct ir3_legalize_ctx *ctx, struct ir3_block *block)
                apply_ss(n, state, mergedregs);
                last_input_needs_ss = false;
             }
+            if (state->needs_sy_for_const) {
+               apply_sy(n, state, mergedregs);
+            }
          } else if (reg_is_addr1(reg) && block->in_early_preamble) {
             if (regmask_get(&state->needs_ss, reg)) {
                apply_ss(n, state, mergedregs);
@@ -646,6 +652,8 @@ legalize_block(struct ir3_legalize_ctx *ctx, struct ir3_block *block)
          }
       } else if (n->opc == OPC_PUSH_CONSTS_LOAD_MACRO || n->opc == OPC_STC) {
          state->needs_ss_for_const = true;
+      } else if (n->opc == OPC_LDC_K) {
+         state->needs_sy_for_const = true;
       }
 
       if (is_ssbo(n->opc) || is_global_a3xx_atomic(n->opc) ||