diff --git a/src/freedreno/ir3/instr-a3xx.h b/src/freedreno/ir3/instr-a3xx.h
index 36ae363877e..9eb4ea66f85 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/ir3/instr-a3xx.h
+++ b/src/freedreno/ir3/instr-a3xx.h
@@ -1040,6 +1040,26 @@ static inline bool instr_sat(instr_t *instr)
 	}
 }
 
+static inline bool is_sat_compatible(opc_t opc)
+{
+	/* TODO probably opc_cat==4 is ok too */
+	if (opc_cat(opc) != 2 && opc_cat(opc) != 3)
+		return false;
+
+	switch (opc) {
+	case OPC_BARY_F:
+	case OPC_SEL_B16:
+	case OPC_SEL_B32:
+	case OPC_SEL_S16:
+	case OPC_SEL_S32:
+	case OPC_SEL_F16:
+	case OPC_SEL_F32:
+		return false;
+	default:
+		return true;
+	}
+}
+
 /* We can probably drop the gpu_id arg, but keeping it for now so we can
  * assert if we see something we think should be new encoding on an older
  * gpu.
diff --git a/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_compiler_nir.c b/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_compiler_nir.c
index 815da33119a..38a4aba3b4e 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_compiler_nir.c
+++ b/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_compiler_nir.c
@@ -433,13 +433,10 @@ emit_alu(struct ir3_context *ctx, nir_alu_instr *alu)
 		 * NOTE: a3xx definitely seen not working with flat bary.f. Same test
 		 * uses ldlv on a4xx+, so not definitive. Seems rare enough to apply
 		 * everywhere.
-		 *
-		 * TODO probably opc_cat==4 is ok too
 		 */
 		if (alu->src[0].src.is_ssa &&
-				src[0]->opc != OPC_BARY_F &&
-				(list_length(&alu->src[0].src.ssa->uses) == 1) &&
-				((opc_cat(src[0]->opc) == 2) || (opc_cat(src[0]->opc) == 3))) {
+				is_sat_compatible(src[0]->opc) &&
+				(list_length(&alu->src[0].src.ssa->uses) == 1)) {
 			src[0]->flags |= IR3_INSTR_SAT;
 			dst[0] = ir3_MOV(b, src[0], dst_type);
 		} else {