diff --git a/src/microsoft/spirv_to_dxil/dxil_spirv_nir.c b/src/microsoft/spirv_to_dxil/dxil_spirv_nir.c
index c0379b019c9..cc9c731d50e 100644
--- a/src/microsoft/spirv_to_dxil/dxil_spirv_nir.c
+++ b/src/microsoft/spirv_to_dxil/dxil_spirv_nir.c
@@ -1085,7 +1085,8 @@ dxil_spirv_nir_passes(nir_shader *nir,
       } while (progress);
    }
 
-   NIR_PASS_V(nir, nir_lower_readonly_images_to_tex, true);
+   if (conf->read_only_images_as_srvs)
+      NIR_PASS_V(nir, nir_lower_readonly_images_to_tex, true);
    nir_lower_tex_options lower_tex_options = {
       .lower_txp = UINT32_MAX,
       .lower_invalid_implicit_lod = true,