diff --git a/src/compiler/nir/nir_opt_dead_cf.c b/src/compiler/nir/nir_opt_dead_cf.c
index b0e9723d36c..33f3565c564 100644
--- a/src/compiler/nir/nir_opt_dead_cf.c
+++ b/src/compiler/nir/nir_opt_dead_cf.c
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ node_is_dead(nir_cf_node *node)
 
       nir_foreach_instr(instr, block) {
          if (instr->type == nir_instr_type_call)
-            return true;
+            return false;
 
          /* Return instructions can cause us to skip over other side-effecting
           * instructions after the loop, so consider them to have side effects