diff --git a/src/panfrost/bifrost/bifrost_compile.c b/src/panfrost/bifrost/bifrost_compile.c
index 93335506d44..a5478a5c110 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/bifrost/bifrost_compile.c
+++ b/src/panfrost/bifrost/bifrost_compile.c
@@ -3830,6 +3830,10 @@ bifrost_compile_shader_nir(nir_shader *nir,
         /* Analyze after scheduling since we depend on instruction order. */
         bi_analyze_helper_terminate(ctx);
 
+        /* A register is preloaded <==> it is live before the first block */
+        bi_block *first_block = list_first_entry(&ctx->blocks, bi_block, link);
+        info->preload = first_block->reg_live_in;
+
         if (bifrost_debug & BIFROST_DBG_SHADERS && !skip_internal)
                 bi_print_shader(ctx, stdout);
 
diff --git a/src/panfrost/util/pan_ir.h b/src/panfrost/util/pan_ir.h
index 8d6bb1f95b3..a5b8b60efc6 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/util/pan_ir.h
+++ b/src/panfrost/util/pan_ir.h
@@ -204,6 +204,9 @@ struct pan_shader_info {
         unsigned tls_size;
         unsigned wls_size;
 
+        /* Bit mask of preloaded registers */
+        uint64_t preload;
+
         union {
                 struct {
                         bool reads_frag_coord;