diff --git a/src/compiler/nir/nir_opt_algebraic.py b/src/compiler/nir/nir_opt_algebraic.py
index 3827ce40a44..5b3b265ab00 100644
--- a/src/compiler/nir/nir_opt_algebraic.py
+++ b/src/compiler/nir/nir_opt_algebraic.py
@@ -522,9 +522,10 @@ optimizations.extend([
    (('ishl', ('iadd', ('imul', a, '#b'), '#c'), '#d'),
     ('iadd', ('imul', a, ('ishl', b, d)), ('ishl', c, d))),
 
-   # (a * #b) << #c
-   # a * (#b << #c)
+   # (a * #b) << #c  =>  a * (#b << #c)
    (('ishl', ('imul', a, '#b'), '#c'), ('imul', a, ('ishl', b, c))),
+   # (a << #b) * #c  =>  a * (#c << #b)
+   (('imul', ('ishl', a, '#b'), '#c'), ('imul', a, ('ishl', c, b))),
 ])
 
 # Care must be taken here.  Shifts in NIR uses only the lower log2(bitsize)