diff --git a/docs/envvars.rst b/docs/envvars.rst
index d47ed54eec4..703d8f17393 100644
--- a/docs/envvars.rst
+++ b/docs/envvars.rst
@@ -1395,7 +1395,7 @@ RADV driver environment variables
    ``novrsflatshading``
       disable VRS for flat shading (only on GFX10.3+)
    ``preoptir``
-      dump LLVM IR before any optimizations
+      Dump backend IR (ACO or LLVM) before any optimizations.
    ``prologs``
       dump vertex shader prologs
    ``psocachestats``
diff --git a/src/amd/vulkan/radv_debug.h b/src/amd/vulkan/radv_debug.h
index 1f0b54ab282..52f5e82f68e 100644
--- a/src/amd/vulkan/radv_debug.h
+++ b/src/amd/vulkan/radv_debug.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ enum {
    RADV_DEBUG_DUMP_SPIRV = 1ull << 9,
    RADV_DEBUG_ZERO_VRAM = 1ull << 10,
    RADV_DEBUG_SYNC_SHADERS = 1ull << 11,
-   RADV_DEBUG_PREOPTIR = 1ull << 12,
+   RADV_DEBUG_DUMP_PREOPT_IR = 1ull << 12,
    RADV_DEBUG_NO_DYNAMIC_BOUNDS = 1ull << 13,
    RADV_DEBUG_INFO = 1ull << 14,
    RADV_DEBUG_STARTUP = 1ull << 15,
diff --git a/src/amd/vulkan/radv_instance.c b/src/amd/vulkan/radv_instance.c
index dbe9dd8b7b6..448654140e9 100644
--- a/src/amd/vulkan/radv_instance.c
+++ b/src/amd/vulkan/radv_instance.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ static const struct debug_control radv_debug_options[] = {{"nofastclears", RADV_
                                                           {"spirv", RADV_DEBUG_DUMP_SPIRV},
                                                           {"zerovram", RADV_DEBUG_ZERO_VRAM},
                                                           {"syncshaders", RADV_DEBUG_SYNC_SHADERS},
-                                                          {"preoptir", RADV_DEBUG_PREOPTIR},
+                                                          {"preoptir", RADV_DEBUG_DUMP_PREOPT_IR},
                                                           {"nodynamicbounds", RADV_DEBUG_NO_DYNAMIC_BOUNDS},
                                                           {"info", RADV_DEBUG_INFO},
                                                           {"startup", RADV_DEBUG_STARTUP},
diff --git a/src/amd/vulkan/radv_shader.c b/src/amd/vulkan/radv_shader.c
index ee8dd45b02e..c378e142f1c 100644
--- a/src/amd/vulkan/radv_shader.c
+++ b/src/amd/vulkan/radv_shader.c
@@ -3002,7 +3002,7 @@ radv_fill_nir_compiler_options(struct radv_nir_compiler_options *options, struct
    options->info = &pdev->info;
    options->dump_shader = can_dump_shader;
    options->dump_ir = options->dump_shader && (instance->debug_flags & RADV_DEBUG_DUMP_BACKEND_IR);
-   options->dump_preoptir = options->dump_shader && instance->debug_flags & RADV_DEBUG_PREOPTIR;
+   options->dump_preoptir = options->dump_shader && (instance->debug_flags & RADV_DEBUG_DUMP_PREOPT_IR);
    options->record_asm = keep_shader_info || options->dump_shader;
    options->record_ir = keep_shader_info;
    options->record_stats = keep_statistic_info;