diff --git a/src/panfrost/bifrost/bifrost_compile.c b/src/panfrost/bifrost/bifrost_compile.c
index bacd9e14242..b375d924099 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/bifrost/bifrost_compile.c
+++ b/src/panfrost/bifrost/bifrost_compile.c
@@ -2318,9 +2318,16 @@ bi_emit_alu(bi_builder *b, nir_alu_instr *instr)
         case nir_op_vec16:
                 unreachable("should've been lowered");
 
-        case nir_op_unpack_32_2x16:
-                bi_mov_i32_to(b, dst, bi_src_index(&instr->src[0].src));
-                break;
+        case nir_op_unpack_32_2x16: {
+                /* Should have been scalarized */
+                assert(comps == 2 && sz == 16);
+
+                bi_index vec = bi_src_index(&instr->src[0].src);
+                unsigned chan = instr->src[0].swizzle[0];
+
+                bi_mov_i32_to(b, dst, bi_extract(b, vec, chan));
+                return;
+        }
 
         case nir_op_unpack_64_2x32_split_x:
                 bi_mov_i32_to(b, dst, bi_extract(b, bi_src_index(&instr->src[0].src), 0));