diff --git a/src/asahi/compiler/agx_compile.c b/src/asahi/compiler/agx_compile.c
index e7b21951f9e..938e7f7f802 100644
--- a/src/asahi/compiler/agx_compile.c
+++ b/src/asahi/compiler/agx_compile.c
@@ -2769,6 +2769,7 @@ static void
 agx_calc_stats(agx_context *ctx, unsigned size, struct agx2_stats *stats)
 {
    struct agx_cycle_estimate cycles = agx_estimate_cycles(ctx);
+   uint32_t old_preamble_inst = stats->preamble_inst;
 
    *stats = (struct agx2_stats){
       .alu = cycles.alu,
@@ -2780,6 +2781,7 @@ agx_calc_stats(agx_context *ctx, unsigned size, struct agx2_stats *stats)
       .scratch = ctx->scratch_size_B,
       .threads = agx_occupancy_for_register_count(ctx->max_reg).max_threads,
       .loops = ctx->loop_count,
+      .preamble_inst = old_preamble_inst,
    };
 
    /* Count instructions */
@@ -3653,15 +3655,15 @@ agx_compile_function_nir(nir_shader *nir, nir_function_impl *impl,
    else
       out->nr_gprs = nr_gprs;
 
-   /* Don't dump statistics for preambles, since they're not worth optimizing */
-   if (!impl->function->is_preamble) {
-      agx_calc_stats(ctx, binary->size, &ctx->out->stats);
-
-      if (agx_should_dump(nir, AGX_DBG_SHADERDB)) {
-         agx2_stats_fprintf(stderr,
-                            _mesa_shader_stage_to_abbrev(nir->info.stage),
-                            &ctx->out->stats);
+   if (impl->function->is_preamble) {
+      uint32_t instrs = 0;
+      agx_foreach_instr_global(ctx, I) {
+         instrs++;
       }
+
+      ctx->out->stats.preamble_inst = instrs;
+   } else {
+      agx_calc_stats(ctx, binary->size, &ctx->out->stats);
    }
 
    /*
@@ -3914,6 +3916,11 @@ agx_compile_shader_nir(nir_shader *nir, struct agx_shader_key *key,
       }
    }
 
+   if (agx_should_dump(nir, AGX_DBG_SHADERDB)) {
+      agx2_stats_fprintf(stderr, _mesa_shader_stage_to_abbrev(nir->info.stage),
+                         &out->info.stats);
+   }
+
    info->stage = nir->info.stage;
 
    /* Check these outside the stage check since nir->info.stage is the hardware
diff --git a/src/util/shader_stats.xml b/src/util/shader_stats.xml
index a6466e6b6b4..e1abcbb95f7 100644
--- a/src/util/shader_stats.xml
+++ b/src/util/shader_stats.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
       <stat name="Loops">Number of hardware loops</stat>
       <stat name="Spills">Number of spill (stack store) instructions</stat>
       <stat name="Fills">Number of fill (stack load) instructions</stat>
+      <stat name="Preamble instructions" display="Preamble inst">Preamble instruction count</stat>
     </isa>
 
    <family name="Pan">