diff --git a/src/nouveau/mme/mme_tu104_builder.c b/src/nouveau/mme/mme_tu104_builder.c
index 275451ee660..e4e6d05197a 100644
--- a/src/nouveau/mme/mme_tu104_builder.c
+++ b/src/nouveau/mme/mme_tu104_builder.c
@@ -540,6 +540,14 @@ mme_tu104_next_inst_can_add_emit(struct mme_tu104_builder *tb,
       return false;
    }
 
+   /* We can't have an emit in an op with STATE */
+   struct mme_tu104_inst *cur = mme_tu104_cur_inst(tb);
+   if (((tb->inst_parts & MME_TU104_INSTR_PART_ALU0) &&
+        cur->alu[0].op == MME_TU104_ALU_OP_STATE) ||
+       ((tb->inst_parts & MME_TU104_INSTR_PART_ALU1) &&
+        cur->alu[1].op == MME_TU104_ALU_OP_STATE))
+      return false;
+
    const unsigned used_imms =
       util_bitcount(tb->inst_parts & (MME_TU104_INSTR_PART_IMM0 |
                                       MME_TU104_INSTR_PART_IMM1));