diff --git a/src/compiler/nir/nir_opt_algebraic.py b/src/compiler/nir/nir_opt_algebraic.py
index 73056c3c35c..2e139ebb85f 100644
--- a/src/compiler/nir/nir_opt_algebraic.py
+++ b/src/compiler/nir/nir_opt_algebraic.py
@@ -746,6 +746,7 @@ optimizations.extend([
    (('~flog2', ('fpow', a, b)), ('fmul', b, ('flog2', a))),
    (('~fmul', ('fexp2(is_used_once)', a), ('fexp2(is_used_once)', b)), ('fexp2', ('fadd', a, b))),
    (('bcsel', ('flt', a, 0.0), 0.0, ('fsqrt', a)), ('fsqrt', ('fmax', a, 0.0))),
+   (('~fmul', ('fsqrt', a), ('fsqrt', a)), ('fabs',a)),
    # Division and reciprocal
    (('~fdiv', 1.0, a), ('frcp', a)),
    (('fdiv', a, b), ('fmul', a, ('frcp', b)), 'options->lower_fdiv'),