diff --git a/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_compiler_nir.c b/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_compiler_nir.c
index 6806f455f28..18d97ecea17 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_compiler_nir.c
+++ b/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_compiler_nir.c
@@ -5345,8 +5345,7 @@ emit_instructions(struct ir3_context *ctx)
     * it is write-only we don't have to count it, but after lowering derefs
     * is too late to compact indices for that.
     */
-   ctx->so->num_samp =
-      BITSET_LAST_BIT(ctx->s->info.textures_used) + ctx->s->info.num_images;
+   ctx->so->num_samp = BITSET_LAST_BIT(ctx->s->info.textures_used);
 
    /* Save off clip+cull information. Note that in OpenGL clip planes may
     * be individually enabled/disabled, and some gens handle lowering in