diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/nouveau/codegen/nv50_ir_target_nvc0.cpp b/src/gallium/drivers/nouveau/codegen/nv50_ir_target_nvc0.cpp
index 0cb21e8c826..f5981de2e01 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/nouveau/codegen/nv50_ir_target_nvc0.cpp
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/nouveau/codegen/nv50_ir_target_nvc0.cpp
@@ -625,9 +625,19 @@ bool TargetNVC0::canDualIssue(const Instruction *a, const Instruction *b) const
       if (a->op == OP_MOV || b->op == OP_MOV)
          return true;
       if (clA == clB) {
-         // only F32 arith or integer additions
-         if (clA != OPCLASS_ARITH)
+         switch (clA) {
+         // there might be more
+         case OPCLASS_COMPARE:
+            if ((a->op == OP_MIN || a->op == OP_MAX) &&
+                (b->op == OP_MIN || b->op == OP_MAX))
+               break;
             return false;
+         case OPCLASS_ARITH:
+            break;
+         default:
+            return false;
+         }
+         // only F32 arith or integer additions
          return (a->dType == TYPE_F32 || a->op == OP_ADD ||
                  b->dType == TYPE_F32 || b->op == OP_ADD);
       }