diff --git a/src/compiler/nir/nir_deref.c b/src/compiler/nir/nir_deref.c
index 90ad90d6763..4faad2657ca 100644
--- a/src/compiler/nir/nir_deref.c
+++ b/src/compiler/nir/nir_deref.c
@@ -376,9 +376,12 @@ nir_remove_dead_derefs_impl(nir_function_impl *impl)
       }
    }
 
-   if (progress)
+   if (progress) {
       nir_metadata_preserve(impl, nir_metadata_block_index |
                                   nir_metadata_dominance);
+   } else {
+      nir_metadata_preserve(impl, nir_metadata_all);
+   }
 
    return progress;
 }