diff --git a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_fs_visitor.cpp b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_fs_visitor.cpp
index ef8e967cfb2..09beb4d21c1 100644
--- a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_fs_visitor.cpp
+++ b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_fs_visitor.cpp
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ fs_visitor::emit_texture_gen7(ir_texture_opcode op, fs_reg dst,
        * need to offset the Sampler State Pointer in the header.
        */
       header_size = 1;
-      sources[0] = fs_reg(GRF, alloc.allocate(1), BRW_REGISTER_TYPE_UD);
+      sources[0] = fs_reg();
       length++;
    }