diff --git a/src/compiler/nir/nir_lower_shader_calls.c b/src/compiler/nir/nir_lower_shader_calls.c
index 7a7bcd024d2..8c4c4ca586a 100644
--- a/src/compiler/nir/nir_lower_shader_calls.c
+++ b/src/compiler/nir/nir_lower_shader_calls.c
@@ -1234,11 +1234,11 @@ lower_resume(nir_shader *shader, int call_idx)
 
    ralloc_free(mem_ctx);
 
+   nir_metadata_preserve(impl, nir_metadata_none);
+
    nir_validate_shader(shader, "after flatten_resume_if_ladder in "
                                "nir_lower_shader_calls");
 
-   nir_metadata_preserve(impl, nir_metadata_none);
-
    return resume_instr;
 }