diff --git a/src/panfrost/compiler/bifrost_compile.c b/src/panfrost/compiler/bifrost_compile.c
index fae0c53fc2d..1d131d51f7e 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/compiler/bifrost_compile.c
+++ b/src/panfrost/compiler/bifrost_compile.c
@@ -4674,6 +4674,16 @@ bi_lower_load_output(nir_builder *b, nir_instr *instr, UNUSED void *data)
    return true;
 }
 
+bool
+bifrost_nir_lower_load_output(nir_shader *nir)
+{
+   assert(nir->info.stage == MESA_SHADER_FRAGMENT);
+
+   return nir_shader_instructions_pass(
+      nir, bi_lower_load_output,
+      nir_metadata_block_index | nir_metadata_dominance, NULL);
+}
+
 void
 bifrost_preprocess_nir(nir_shader *nir, unsigned gpu_id)
 {
@@ -4730,8 +4740,7 @@ bifrost_preprocess_nir(nir_shader *nir, unsigned gpu_id)
       NIR_PASS_V(nir, nir_shader_instructions_pass, bi_lower_sample_mask_writes,
                  nir_metadata_block_index | nir_metadata_dominance, NULL);
 
-      NIR_PASS_V(nir, nir_shader_instructions_pass, bi_lower_load_output,
-                 nir_metadata_block_index | nir_metadata_dominance, NULL);
+      NIR_PASS_V(nir, bifrost_nir_lower_load_output);
    } else if (nir->info.stage == MESA_SHADER_VERTEX) {
       if (gpu_id >= 0x9000) {
          NIR_PASS_V(nir, nir_lower_mediump_io, nir_var_shader_out,
diff --git a/src/panfrost/compiler/bifrost_nir.h b/src/panfrost/compiler/bifrost_nir.h
index ba0208012b8..cf005826448 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/compiler/bifrost_nir.h
+++ b/src/panfrost/compiler/bifrost_nir.h
@@ -28,3 +28,4 @@
 bool bifrost_nir_lower_algebraic_late(nir_shader *shader);
 bool bifrost_nir_lower_xfb(nir_shader *shader);
 bool bifrost_nir_opt_boolean_bitwise(nir_shader *shader);
+bool bifrost_nir_lower_load_output(nir_shader *nir);