diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/si_nir_lower_resource.c b/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/si_nir_lower_resource.c
index 3cad4044650..f7c9ceda82f 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/si_nir_lower_resource.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/si_nir_lower_resource.c
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ static bool lower_resource_tex(nir_builder *b, nir_tex_instr *tex,
          break;
       case nir_tex_src_sampler_handle:
          if (has_sampler) {
-            sampler_handle = tex->src[i].src.ssa;
+            sampler_handle = nir_u2u32(b, tex->src[i].src.ssa);
          } else {
             nir_tex_instr_remove_src(tex, i);
             i--;