diff --git a/src/panfrost/bifrost/ISA.xml b/src/panfrost/bifrost/ISA.xml
index b5965fd3ce4..d30ad6cfb88 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/bifrost/ISA.xml
+++ b/src/panfrost/bifrost/ISA.xml
@@ -8203,6 +8203,8 @@
       <opt>aor</opt>
       <opt>axor</opt>
     </mod>
+    <!-- not actually encoded, but used for IR -->
+    <immediate name="sr_count" size="4" pseudo="true"/>
   </ins>
 
   <ins name="+PATOM_C1.i32" pseudo="true" staging="w=sr_count" message="atomic">
@@ -8215,6 +8217,8 @@
       <opt>asmax1</opt>
       <opt>aor1</opt>
     </mod>
+    <!-- not actually encoded, but used for IR -->
+    <immediate name="sr_count" size="4" pseudo="true"/>
   </ins>
 
   <!-- *CUBEFACE1/+CUBEFACE2 pair, two destinations, scheduler lowered -->
diff --git a/src/panfrost/bifrost/bifrost_compile.c b/src/panfrost/bifrost/bifrost_compile.c
index a0c21ceef57..f1fbdc5272f 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/bifrost/bifrost_compile.c
+++ b/src/panfrost/bifrost/bifrost_compile.c
@@ -865,21 +865,16 @@ bi_emit_atomic_i32_to(bi_builder *b, bi_index dst,
         enum bi_atom_opc opc = bi_atom_opc_for_nir(intrinsic);
         enum bi_atom_opc post_opc = opc;
 
-        bi_instr *I;
-
         /* Generate either ATOM_C or ATOM_C1 as required */
         if (bi_promote_atom_c1(opc, arg, &opc)) {
-                I = bi_patom_c1_i32_to(b, sr, bi_word(addr, 0),
-                                bi_word(addr, 1), opc);
+                bi_patom_c1_i32_to(b, sr, bi_word(addr, 0),
+                                bi_word(addr, 1), opc, 2);
         } else {
                 bi_mov_i32_to(b, sr, arg);
-                I = bi_patom_c_i32_to(b, sr, sr, bi_word(addr, 0),
-                                bi_word(addr, 1), opc);
-
+                bi_patom_c_i32_to(b, sr, sr, bi_word(addr, 0),
+                                bi_word(addr, 1), opc, 2);
         }
 
-        I->sr_count = 2;
-
         /* Post-process it */
         bi_atom_post_i32_to(b, dst, bi_word(sr, 0), bi_word(sr, 1), post_opc);
 }