diff --git a/src/compiler/nir/nir_opt_load_skip_helpers.c b/src/compiler/nir/nir_opt_load_skip_helpers.c
index 752ce89ea59..c00a850cdf1 100644
--- a/src/compiler/nir/nir_opt_load_skip_helpers.c
+++ b/src/compiler/nir/nir_opt_load_skip_helpers.c
@@ -161,7 +161,11 @@ nir_opt_load_skip_helpers(nir_shader *shader, nir_opt_load_skip_helpers_options
 
          case nir_instr_type_intrinsic: {
             nir_intrinsic_instr *intr = nir_instr_as_intrinsic(instr);
-            if (nir_intrinsic_has_semantic(intr, NIR_INTRINSIC_SUBGROUP)) {
+            if (nir_intrinsic_has_semantic(intr, NIR_INTRINSIC_SUBGROUP) ||
+                intr->intrinsic == nir_intrinsic_store_scratch) {
+               /* Subgroup ops might access data from helper lanes and we don't
+                * know how scratch data is used without more complex tracking.
+                */
                nir_foreach_src(instr, set_src_needs_helpers, &hs);
             } else if (intr->intrinsic == nir_intrinsic_terminate_if) {
                /* Unlike demote, terminate disables invocations completely.