diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/iris/iris_program.c b/src/gallium/drivers/iris/iris_program.c
index 85b65675e5b..6ced0b942cc 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/iris/iris_program.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/iris/iris_program.c
@@ -2531,6 +2531,9 @@ iris_create_compute_state(struct pipe_context *ctx,
          iris_create_shader_variant(screen, NULL, IRIS_CACHE_CS,
                                     sizeof(key), &key);
 
+      /* Append our new variant to the shader's variant list. */
+      list_addtail(&shader->link, &ish->variants);
+
       if (!iris_disk_cache_retrieve(screen, uploader, ish, shader,
                                     &key, sizeof(key))) {
          iris_compile_cs(screen, uploader, &ice->dbg, ish, shader);