diff --git a/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_shader.c b/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_shader.c
index 92a4d3339fa..d46e78e7d65 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_shader.c
+++ b/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_shader.c
@@ -510,6 +510,7 @@ alloc_variant(struct ir3_shader *shader, const struct ir3_shader_key *key,
       return NULL;
 
    v->id = ++shader->variant_count;
+   v->shader = shader;
    v->shader_id = shader->id;
    v->binning_pass = !!nonbinning;
    v->nonbinning = nonbinning;
diff --git a/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_shader.h b/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_shader.h
index 6be4dfb1c39..3ee2f8d6aaa 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_shader.h
+++ b/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_shader.h
@@ -633,6 +633,7 @@ struct ir3_shader_variant {
 
    /* id of the shader the variant came from (for debug) */
    uint32_t shader_id;
+   struct ir3_shader *shader;
 
    struct ir3_shader_key key;