diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/si_shader.c b/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/si_shader.c
index 8fd575da79c..1ec766413ce 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/si_shader.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/si_shader.c
@@ -2254,11 +2254,10 @@ static void get_nir_shader(struct si_shader *shader, struct si_nir_shader_ctx *c
    bool progress = false;
    bool opts_not_run = true;
 
-   const char *original_name = NULL;
    if (unlikely(should_print_nir(nir))) {
       /* Modify the shader's name so that each variant gets its own name. */
-      original_name = ralloc_strdup(nir, nir->info.name);
-      ralloc_asprintf_append((char **)&nir->info.name, "-%08x", _mesa_hash_data(key, sizeof(*key)));
+      nir->info.name = ralloc_asprintf(nir, "%s-%08x", nir->info.name,
+                                       _mesa_hash_data(key, sizeof(*key)));
 
       /* Dummy pass to get the starting point. */
       printf("nir_dummy_pass\n");
@@ -2641,11 +2640,6 @@ static void get_nir_shader(struct si_shader *shader, struct si_nir_shader_ctx *c
     * 200 is tuned for Viewperf. It should be done last.
     */
    NIR_PASS_V(nir, nir_group_loads, nir_group_same_resource_only, 200);
-
-   if (unlikely(original_name)) {
-      ralloc_free((void*)nir->info.name);
-      nir->info.name = original_name;
-   }
 }
 
 void si_update_shader_binary_info(struct si_shader *shader, nir_shader *nir)