diff --git a/src/intel/compiler/brw_fs.cpp b/src/intel/compiler/brw_fs.cpp
index e1d921b83cf..0110ac56760 100644
--- a/src/intel/compiler/brw_fs.cpp
+++ b/src/intel/compiler/brw_fs.cpp
@@ -2177,15 +2177,20 @@ void
 fs_visitor::dump_instructions_to_file(FILE *file) const
 {
    if (cfg && grf_used == 0) {
-      const register_pressure &rp = regpressure_analysis.require();
+      const register_pressure *rp =
+         INTEL_DEBUG(DEBUG_REG_PRESSURE) ? &regpressure_analysis.require() : NULL;
+
       unsigned ip = 0, max_pressure = 0;
       unsigned cf_count = 0;
       foreach_block_and_inst(block, fs_inst, inst, cfg) {
          if (inst->is_control_flow_end())
             cf_count -= 1;
 
-         max_pressure = MAX2(max_pressure, rp.regs_live_at_ip[ip]);
-         fprintf(file, "{%3d} ", rp.regs_live_at_ip[ip]);
+         if (rp) {
+            max_pressure = MAX2(max_pressure, rp->regs_live_at_ip[ip]);
+            fprintf(file, "{%3d} ", rp->regs_live_at_ip[ip]);
+         }
+
          for (unsigned i = 0; i < cf_count; i++)
             fprintf(file, "  ");
          dump_instruction(inst, file);
@@ -2194,7 +2199,8 @@ fs_visitor::dump_instructions_to_file(FILE *file) const
          if (inst->is_control_flow_begin())
             cf_count += 1;
       }
-      fprintf(file, "Maximum %3d registers live at once.\n", max_pressure);
+      if (rp)
+         fprintf(file, "Maximum %3d registers live at once.\n", max_pressure);
    } else if (cfg && exec_list_is_empty(&instructions)) {
       foreach_block_and_inst(block, fs_inst, inst, cfg) {
          dump_instruction(inst, file);
diff --git a/src/intel/dev/intel_debug.c b/src/intel/dev/intel_debug.c
index 83a66ddf41f..4f62f073eab 100644
--- a/src/intel/dev/intel_debug.c
+++ b/src/intel/dev/intel_debug.c
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ static const struct debug_control debug_control[] = {
    { "sparse",      DEBUG_SPARSE },
    { "draw_bkp",    DEBUG_DRAW_BKP },
    { "bat-stats",   DEBUG_BATCH_STATS },
+   { "reg-pressure", DEBUG_REG_PRESSURE },
    { NULL,    0 }
 };
 
diff --git a/src/intel/dev/intel_debug.h b/src/intel/dev/intel_debug.h
index a9ecd4083be..6ed7da6ff85 100644
--- a/src/intel/dev/intel_debug.h
+++ b/src/intel/dev/intel_debug.h
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ extern uint64_t intel_debug;
 #define DEBUG_SPARSE              (1ull << 48)
 #define DEBUG_DRAW_BKP            (1ull << 49)
 #define DEBUG_BATCH_STATS         (1ull << 50)
+#define DEBUG_REG_PRESSURE        (1ull << 51)
 
 #define DEBUG_ANY                 (~0ull)