diff --git a/src/broadcom/compiler/nir_to_vir.c b/src/broadcom/compiler/nir_to_vir.c
index dc65e379b7f..4a0fd7d20e7 100644
--- a/src/broadcom/compiler/nir_to_vir.c
+++ b/src/broadcom/compiler/nir_to_vir.c
@@ -1027,8 +1027,7 @@ ntq_emit_alu(struct v3d_compile *c, nir_alu_instr *instr)
         }
 
         case nir_op_iabs:
-                result = vir_MAX(c, src[0],
-                                vir_SUB(c, vir_uniform_ui(c, 0), src[0]));
+                result = vir_MAX(c, src[0], vir_NEG(c, src[0]));
                 break;
 
         case nir_op_fddx: