diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/r600/sfn/sfn_nir.cpp b/src/gallium/drivers/r600/sfn/sfn_nir.cpp
index d7749431c2e..6150c933ad1 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/r600/sfn/sfn_nir.cpp
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/r600/sfn/sfn_nir.cpp
@@ -787,8 +787,7 @@ int r600_shader_from_nir(struct r600_context *rctx,
     * when there are registers, then we can no longer copy propagate, so
     * skip the optimization then. (There is probably a better way, but yeah)
     */
-   if (true)
-      while(optimize_once(sel->nir));
+   while(optimize_once(sel->nir));
 
    NIR_PASS_V(sel->nir, nir_remove_dead_variables, nir_var_shader_in, NULL);
    NIR_PASS_V(sel->nir, nir_remove_dead_variables,  nir_var_shader_out, NULL);