diff --git a/src/microsoft/spirv_to_dxil/dxil_spirv_nir.c b/src/microsoft/spirv_to_dxil/dxil_spirv_nir.c
index 4bf617a0e0d..223b7baf3b6 100644
--- a/src/microsoft/spirv_to_dxil/dxil_spirv_nir.c
+++ b/src/microsoft/spirv_to_dxil/dxil_spirv_nir.c
@@ -1173,6 +1173,8 @@ dxil_spirv_nir_passes(nir_shader *nir,
          }
          NIR_PASS(progress, nir, nir_lower_vars_to_ssa);
          NIR_PASS(progress, nir, nir_opt_algebraic);
+         NIR_PASS(progress, nir, nir_opt_dead_cf);
+         NIR_PASS(progress, nir, nir_opt_remove_phis);
       } while (progress);
    }