diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/lavapipe/lvp_pipeline.c b/src/gallium/frontends/lavapipe/lvp_pipeline.c
index 1288223c031..943c3b98169 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/lavapipe/lvp_pipeline.c
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/lavapipe/lvp_pipeline.c
@@ -408,6 +408,7 @@ lvp_shader_compile_to_ir(struct lvp_pipeline *pipeline,
          .float16 = true,
          .demote_to_helper_invocation = true,
       },
+      .use_deref_buffer_array_length = true,
       .ubo_addr_format = nir_address_format_32bit_index_offset,
       .ssbo_addr_format = nir_address_format_32bit_index_offset,
       .phys_ssbo_addr_format = nir_address_format_64bit_global,