diff --git a/src/microsoft/spirv_to_dxil/spirv_to_dxil.c b/src/microsoft/spirv_to_dxil/spirv_to_dxil.c
index 15fbc283d2c..ea4b467b41e 100644
--- a/src/microsoft/spirv_to_dxil/spirv_to_dxil.c
+++ b/src/microsoft/spirv_to_dxil/spirv_to_dxil.c
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ spirv_to_dxil(const uint32_t *words, size_t word_count,
 
    NIR_PASS_V(nir, nir_lower_clip_cull_distance_arrays);
    NIR_PASS_V(nir, nir_lower_io_to_temporaries, entrypoint->impl, true, true);
+   NIR_PASS_V(nir, nir_lower_global_vars_to_local);
    NIR_PASS_V(nir, nir_split_var_copies);
    NIR_PASS_V(nir, nir_lower_var_copies);