diff --git a/src/compiler/nir/nir_opt_load_store_vectorize.c b/src/compiler/nir/nir_opt_load_store_vectorize.c
index e52006e40ef..41c968bfb25 100644
--- a/src/compiler/nir/nir_opt_load_store_vectorize.c
+++ b/src/compiler/nir/nir_opt_load_store_vectorize.c
@@ -1195,7 +1195,6 @@ handle_barrier(struct vectorize_ctx *ctx, bool *progress, nir_function_impl *imp
          release = nir_intrinsic_memory_semantics(intrin) & NIR_MEMORY_RELEASE;
          switch (nir_intrinsic_memory_scope(intrin)) {
          case NIR_SCOPE_INVOCATION:
-         case NIR_SCOPE_SUBGROUP:
             /* a barier should never be required for correctness with these scopes */
             modes = 0;
             break;