diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/asahi/agx_pipe.c b/src/gallium/drivers/asahi/agx_pipe.c
index dfda3c09ae2..7ee255c5479 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/asahi/agx_pipe.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/asahi/agx_pipe.c
@@ -1527,6 +1527,8 @@ agx_create_context(struct pipe_screen *screen, void *priv, unsigned flags)
    /* By default all samples are enabled */
    ctx->sample_mask = ~0;
 
+   ctx->support_lod_bias = !(flags & PIPE_CONTEXT_NO_LOD_BIAS);
+
    return pctx;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/asahi/agx_state.c b/src/gallium/drivers/asahi/agx_state.c
index e9a7a1ef6c5..df9d9ed1c7e 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/asahi/agx_state.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/asahi/agx_state.c
@@ -1718,7 +1718,7 @@ agx_get_shader_variant(struct agx_screen *screen,
 
 static void
 agx_shader_initialize(struct agx_device *dev, struct agx_uncompiled_shader *so,
-                      nir_shader *nir)
+                      nir_shader *nir, bool support_lod_bias)
 {
    if (nir->info.stage == MESA_SHADER_KERNEL)
       nir->info.stage = MESA_SHADER_COMPUTE;
@@ -1756,7 +1756,7 @@ agx_shader_initialize(struct agx_device *dev, struct agx_uncompiled_shader *so,
    }
 
    bool allow_mediump = !(dev->debug & AGX_DBG_NO16);
-   agx_preprocess_nir(nir, true, allow_mediump, &so->info);
+   agx_preprocess_nir(nir, support_lod_bias, allow_mediump, &so->info);
 
    blob_init(&so->serialized_nir);
    nir_serialize(&so->serialized_nir, nir, true);
@@ -1770,6 +1770,7 @@ static void *
 agx_create_shader_state(struct pipe_context *pctx,
                         const struct pipe_shader_state *cso)
 {
+   struct agx_context *ctx = agx_context(pctx);
    struct agx_uncompiled_shader *so =
       rzalloc(NULL, struct agx_uncompiled_shader);
    struct agx_device *dev = agx_device(pctx->screen);
@@ -1791,7 +1792,7 @@ agx_create_shader_state(struct pipe_context *pctx,
                                              asahi_fs_shader_key_equal);
    }
 
-   agx_shader_initialize(dev, so, nir);
+   agx_shader_initialize(dev, so, nir, ctx->support_lod_bias);
 
    /* We're done with the NIR, throw it away */
    ralloc_free(nir);
@@ -1847,6 +1848,7 @@ static void *
 agx_create_compute_state(struct pipe_context *pctx,
                          const struct pipe_compute_state *cso)
 {
+   struct agx_context *ctx = agx_context(pctx);
    struct agx_device *dev = agx_device(pctx->screen);
    struct agx_uncompiled_shader *so =
       rzalloc(NULL, struct agx_uncompiled_shader);
@@ -1862,7 +1864,7 @@ agx_create_compute_state(struct pipe_context *pctx,
    assert(cso->ir_type == PIPE_SHADER_IR_NIR && "TGSI kernels unsupported");
    nir_shader *nir = (void *)cso->prog;
 
-   agx_shader_initialize(dev, so, nir);
+   agx_shader_initialize(dev, so, nir, ctx->support_lod_bias);
    agx_get_shader_variant(agx_screen(pctx->screen), so, &pctx->debug, &key);
 
    /* We're done with the NIR, throw it away */
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/asahi/agx_state.h b/src/gallium/drivers/asahi/agx_state.h
index e8c28d0e536..0b19f7064c9 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/asahi/agx_state.h
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/asahi/agx_state.h
@@ -393,6 +393,9 @@ struct agx_context {
    struct agx_compiled_shader *vs, *fs;
    uint32_t dirty;
 
+   /* Acts as a context-level shader key */
+   bool support_lod_bias;
+
    /* Set of batches. When full, the LRU entry (the batch with the smallest
     * seqnum) is flushed to free a slot.
     */