diff --git a/src/amd/vulkan/radv_shader.c b/src/amd/vulkan/radv_shader.c
index 2ac66fd60ea..9125e533448 100644
--- a/src/amd/vulkan/radv_shader.c
+++ b/src/amd/vulkan/radv_shader.c
@@ -179,8 +179,8 @@ radv_optimize_nir(struct nir_shader *shader, bool optimize_conservatively)
    _mesa_set_destroy(skip, NULL);
 
    NIR_PASS(progress, shader, nir_opt_shrink_vectors);
-   NIR_PASS(progress, shader, nir_remove_dead_variables, nir_var_function_temp | nir_var_shader_in | nir_var_shader_out,
-            NULL);
+   NIR_PASS(progress, shader, nir_remove_dead_variables,
+            nir_var_function_temp | nir_var_shader_in | nir_var_shader_out | nir_var_mem_shared, NULL);
 
    if (shader->info.stage == MESA_SHADER_FRAGMENT && (shader->info.fs.uses_discard || shader->info.fs.uses_demote)) {
       NIR_PASS(progress, shader, nir_opt_conditional_discard);