diff --git a/src/compiler/nir/nir_lower_image_atomics_to_global.c b/src/compiler/nir/nir_lower_image_atomics_to_global.c
index 3730d2989ba..3a1e6775b83 100644
--- a/src/compiler/nir/nir_lower_image_atomics_to_global.c
+++ b/src/compiler/nir/nir_lower_image_atomics_to_global.c
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ lower(nir_builder *b, nir_intrinsic_instr *intr, void *data)
                                  .atomic_op = atomic_op);
    }
 
+   b->shader->info.use_lowered_image_to_global = true;
+
    /* Replace the image atomic with the global atomic. Remove the image
     * explicitly because it has side effects so is not DCE'd.
     */
diff --git a/src/compiler/shader_info.h b/src/compiler/shader_info.h
index ce334909664..aa09ad9442e 100644
--- a/src/compiler/shader_info.h
+++ b/src/compiler/shader_info.h
@@ -253,6 +253,14 @@ typedef struct shader_info {
    /* Use ACO instead of LLVM on AMD. */
    bool use_aco_amd:1;
 
+   /**
+    * Whether image intrinsics have been lowered to global intrinsics
+    *
+    * This is potentially useful on some implementation that need to know that
+    * an image barrier needs to include global barriers due to the lowering.
+    */
+   bool use_lowered_image_to_global:1;
+
    /**
      * Set if this shader uses legacy (DX9 or ARB assembly) math rules.
      *