diff --git a/src/asahi/compiler/agx_compile.c b/src/asahi/compiler/agx_compile.c
index 1a13bcb82a6..5a1b8e1fc1c 100644
--- a/src/asahi/compiler/agx_compile.c
+++ b/src/asahi/compiler/agx_compile.c
@@ -378,6 +378,18 @@ agx_vec2(agx_builder *b, agx_index s0, agx_index s1)
    return agx_emit_collect(b, 2, (agx_index[]){s0, s1});
 }
 
+static agx_index
+agx_pad_to_32(agx_builder *b, agx_index s)
+{
+   assert(s.size == AGX_SIZE_16);
+   assert(agx_channels(s) == 1);
+
+   agx_index srcs[2] = {s, agx_undef(AGX_SIZE_16)};
+   agx_index dst = agx_vec_temp(b->shader, AGX_SIZE_32, 1);
+   agx_emit_collect_to(b, dst, 2, srcs);
+   return dst;
+}
+
 static agx_index
 agx_recollect_vector(agx_builder *b, nir_src vec)
 {