diff --git a/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_merge_regs.c b/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_merge_regs.c
index 49c197cc052..fe7bd0a3ff1 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_merge_regs.c
+++ b/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_merge_regs.c
@@ -590,6 +590,25 @@ dump_merge_sets(struct ir3 *ir)
    ralloc_free(merge_sets);
 }
 
+void
+ir3_aggressive_coalesce(struct ir3_liveness *live,
+                        struct ir3_instruction *instr)
+{
+   switch (instr->opc) {
+   case OPC_META_SPLIT:
+      aggressive_coalesce_split(live, instr);
+      break;
+   case OPC_META_COLLECT:
+      aggressive_coalesce_collect(live, instr);
+      break;
+   case OPC_META_PARALLEL_COPY:
+      aggressive_coalesce_parallel_copy(live, instr);
+      break;
+   default:
+      break;
+   }
+}
+
 void
 ir3_merge_regs(struct ir3_liveness *live, struct ir3 *ir)
 {
@@ -606,19 +625,7 @@ ir3_merge_regs(struct ir3_liveness *live, struct ir3 *ir)
    /* Second pass: aggressively coalesce parallelcopy, split, collect */
    foreach_block (block, &ir->block_list) {
       foreach_instr (instr, &block->instr_list) {
-         switch (instr->opc) {
-         case OPC_META_SPLIT:
-            aggressive_coalesce_split(live, instr);
-            break;
-         case OPC_META_COLLECT:
-            aggressive_coalesce_collect(live, instr);
-            break;
-         case OPC_META_PARALLEL_COPY:
-            aggressive_coalesce_parallel_copy(live, instr);
-            break;
-         default:
-            break;
-         }
+         ir3_aggressive_coalesce(live, instr);
       }
    }
 
diff --git a/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_ra.h b/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_ra.h
index 96af83697dc..03ae9a27deb 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_ra.h
+++ b/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_ra.h
@@ -154,6 +154,8 @@ bool ir3_def_live_after(struct ir3_liveness *live, struct ir3_register *def,
 void ir3_create_parallel_copies(struct ir3 *ir);
 
 void ir3_merge_regs(struct ir3_liveness *live, struct ir3 *ir);
+void ir3_aggressive_coalesce(struct ir3_liveness *live,
+                             struct ir3_instruction *instr);
 
 void ir3_force_merge(struct ir3_register *a, struct ir3_register *b,
                      int b_offset);