diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_compiler.c b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_compiler.c
index e6ea5dd58d7..c79fb23a834 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_compiler.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/zink/zink_compiler.c
@@ -4021,6 +4021,7 @@ zink_shader_compile(struct zink_screen *screen, bool can_shobj, struct zink_shad
          zs->can_inline = false;
    } else if (need_optimize)
       optimize_nir(nir, zs, true);
+   NIR_PASS_V(nir, lower_sparse);
    
    struct zink_shader_object obj = compile_module(screen, zs, nir, can_shobj, pg);
    ralloc_free(nir);
@@ -5471,7 +5472,6 @@ zink_shader_create(struct zink_screen *screen, struct nir_shader *nir)
 
    NIR_PASS_V(nir, lower_basevertex);
    NIR_PASS_V(nir, lower_baseinstance);
-   NIR_PASS_V(nir, lower_sparse);
    NIR_PASS_V(nir, split_bitfields);
    NIR_PASS_V(nir, nir_lower_frexp); /* TODO: Use the spirv instructions for this. */