diff --git a/src/asahi/lib/agx_meta.c b/src/asahi/lib/agx_meta.c
index 6b2434db451..3f4121369b7 100644
--- a/src/asahi/lib/agx_meta.c
+++ b/src/asahi/lib/agx_meta.c
@@ -40,15 +40,13 @@ build_background_op(nir_builder *b, enum agx_meta_op op, unsigned rt,
                     unsigned nr, bool msaa)
 {
    if (op == AGX_META_OP_LOAD) {
-      nir_ssa_def *fragcoord = nir_load_frag_coord(b);
-      nir_ssa_def *coord = nir_trim_vector(b, fragcoord, 2);
-
       nir_tex_instr *tex = nir_tex_instr_create(b->shader, msaa ? 2 : 1);
       /* The type doesn't matter as long as it matches the store */
       tex->dest_type = nir_type_uint32;
       tex->sampler_dim = msaa ? GLSL_SAMPLER_DIM_MS : GLSL_SAMPLER_DIM_2D;
-      tex->op = nir_texop_tex;
-      tex->src[0] = nir_tex_src_for_ssa(nir_tex_src_coord, coord);
+      tex->op = nir_texop_txf;
+      tex->src[0] = nir_tex_src_for_ssa(nir_tex_src_coord,
+                                        nir_u2u32(b, nir_load_pixel_coord(b)));
 
       if (msaa) {
          tex->src[1] =