diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/kernel.rs b/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/kernel.rs
index cbe02152c41..73ebcbb1ff1 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/kernel.rs
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/kernel.rs
@@ -509,7 +509,6 @@ fn lower_and_optimize_nir(
         !dev.samplers_as_deref(),
     );
 
-    nir.reset_scratch_size();
     nir_pass!(
         nir,
         nir_lower_vars_to_explicit_types,
diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/mesa/compiler/nir.rs b/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/mesa/compiler/nir.rs
index b61ec9254a9..5845d017d13 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/mesa/compiler/nir.rs
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/mesa/compiler/nir.rs
@@ -308,12 +308,6 @@ impl NirShader {
         unsafe { (*self.nir.as_ptr()).info.num_textures }
     }
 
-    pub fn reset_scratch_size(&mut self) {
-        unsafe {
-            (*self.nir.as_ptr()).scratch_size = 0;
-        }
-    }
-
     pub fn scratch_size(&self) -> u32 {
         unsafe { (*self.nir.as_ptr()).scratch_size }
     }