diff --git a/src/vulkan/runtime/vk_pipeline.c b/src/vulkan/runtime/vk_pipeline.c
index ecef45f3c75..a5042a9615f 100644
--- a/src/vulkan/runtime/vk_pipeline.c
+++ b/src/vulkan/runtime/vk_pipeline.c
@@ -125,6 +125,10 @@ vk_pipeline_hash_shader_stage(const VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo *info,
    struct mesa_sha1 ctx;
 
    _mesa_sha1_init(&ctx);
+
+   assert(util_bitcount(info->stage) == 1);
+   _mesa_sha1_update(&ctx, &info->stage, sizeof(info->stage));
+
    if (module) {
       _mesa_sha1_update(&ctx, module->sha1, sizeof(module->sha1));
    } else if (minfo) {
@@ -142,9 +146,6 @@ vk_pipeline_hash_shader_stage(const VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo *info,
 
    _mesa_sha1_update(&ctx, info->pName, strlen(info->pName));
 
-   assert(util_bitcount(info->stage) == 1);
-   _mesa_sha1_update(&ctx, &info->stage, sizeof(info->stage));
-
    if (info->pSpecializationInfo) {
       _mesa_sha1_update(&ctx, info->pSpecializationInfo->pMapEntries,
                         info->pSpecializationInfo->mapEntryCount *