diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/midgard/nir_lower_blend.c b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/midgard/nir_lower_blend.c
index 7a7f0ebabd7..af0a7ac31cf 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/midgard/nir_lower_blend.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/midgard/nir_lower_blend.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ nir_alpha_saturate(
 {
    nir_ssa_def *Asrc = nir_channel(b, src, 3);
    nir_ssa_def *Adst = nir_channel(b, dst, 3);
-   nir_ssa_def *one = nir_imm_float(b, 1.0);
+   nir_ssa_def *one = nir_imm_float16(b, 1.0);
    nir_ssa_def *Adsti = nir_fsub(b, one, Adst);
 
    return (chan < 3) ? nir_fmin(b, Asrc, Adsti) : one;
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ nir_blend_factor_value(
 {
    switch (factor) {
    case BLEND_FACTOR_ZERO:
-      return nir_imm_float(b, 0.0);
+      return nir_imm_float16(b, 0.0);
    case BLEND_FACTOR_SRC_COLOR:
       return nir_channel(b, src, chan);
    case BLEND_FACTOR_DST_COLOR:
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ nir_blend_factor(
       nir_blend_factor_value(b, src, dst, bconst, chan, factor);
 
    if (inverted)
-      f = nir_fsub(b, nir_imm_float(b, 1.0), f);
+      f = nir_fsub(b, nir_imm_float16(b, 1.0), f);
 
    return nir_fmul(b, raw_scalar, f);
 }
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ nir_blend(
       nir_ssa_def *src, nir_ssa_def *dst)
 {
    /* Grab the blend constant ahead of time */
-   nir_ssa_def *bconst = nir_load_blend_const_color_rgba(b);
+   nir_ssa_def *bconst = nir_f2f16(b, nir_load_blend_const_color_rgba(b));
 
    /* We blend per channel and recombine later */
    nir_ssa_def *channels[4];
@@ -226,13 +226,13 @@ nir_lower_blend(nir_shader *shader, nir_lower_blend_options options)
             b.cursor = nir_before_instr(instr);
 
             /* Grab the input color */
-            nir_ssa_def *src = nir_ssa_for_src(&b, intr->src[1], 4);
+            nir_ssa_def *src = nir_f2f16(&b, nir_ssa_for_src(&b, intr->src[1], 4));
 
             /* Grab the tilebuffer color - io lowered to load_output */
-            nir_ssa_def *dst = nir_load_var(&b, var);
+            nir_ssa_def *dst = nir_f2f16(&b, nir_load_var(&b, var));
 
             /* Blend the two colors per the passed options */
-            nir_ssa_def *blended = nir_blend(&b, options, src, dst);
+            nir_ssa_def *blended = nir_f2f32(&b, nir_blend(&b, options, src, dst));
 
             /* Write out the final color instead of the input */
             nir_instr_rewrite_src(instr, &intr->src[1],
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/midgard/nir_lower_framebuffer.c b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/midgard/nir_lower_framebuffer.c
index 9a08a4c43bf..2986c3c3393 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/midgard/nir_lower_framebuffer.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/panfrost/midgard/nir_lower_framebuffer.c
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ nir_float_to_native(nir_builder *b, nir_ssa_def *c_float)
 static nir_ssa_def *
 nir_native_to_float(nir_builder *b, nir_ssa_def *c_native)
 {
-   /* First, we convert up from u8 to f32 */
-   nir_ssa_def *converted = nir_u2f32(b, nir_u2u32(b, c_native));
+   /* First, we convert up from u8 to f16 */
+   nir_ssa_def *converted = nir_u2f16(b, nir_u2u16(b, c_native));
 
    /* Next, we scale down from [0, 255.0] to [0, 1] */
    nir_ssa_def *scaled = nir_fsat(b, nir_fmul_imm(b, converted, 1.0/255.0));