diff --git a/src/broadcom/compiler/v3d_compiler.h b/src/broadcom/compiler/v3d_compiler.h
index a85eede034e..d6267a3b7f9 100644
--- a/src/broadcom/compiler/v3d_compiler.h
+++ b/src/broadcom/compiler/v3d_compiler.h
@@ -1141,8 +1141,8 @@ bool vir_is_raw_mov(struct qinst *inst);
 bool vir_is_tex(const struct v3d_device_info *devinfo, struct qinst *inst);
 bool vir_is_add(struct qinst *inst);
 bool vir_is_mul(struct qinst *inst);
-bool vir_writes_r3(const struct v3d_device_info *devinfo, struct qinst *inst);
-bool vir_writes_r4(const struct v3d_device_info *devinfo, struct qinst *inst);
+bool vir_writes_r3_implicitly(const struct v3d_device_info *devinfo, struct qinst *inst);
+bool vir_writes_r4_implicitly(const struct v3d_device_info *devinfo, struct qinst *inst);
 struct qreg vir_follow_movs(struct v3d_compile *c, struct qreg reg);
 uint8_t vir_channels_written(struct qinst *inst);
 struct qreg ntq_get_src(struct v3d_compile *c, nir_src src, int i);
diff --git a/src/broadcom/compiler/vir.c b/src/broadcom/compiler/vir.c
index 1a24c6e1618..0adcfba50fc 100644
--- a/src/broadcom/compiler/vir.c
+++ b/src/broadcom/compiler/vir.c
@@ -156,7 +156,8 @@ vir_is_tex(const struct v3d_device_info *devinfo, struct qinst *inst)
 }
 
 bool
-vir_writes_r3(const struct v3d_device_info *devinfo, struct qinst *inst)
+vir_writes_r3_implicitly(const struct v3d_device_info *devinfo,
+                         struct qinst *inst)
 {
         if (!devinfo->has_accumulators)
                 return false;
@@ -181,7 +182,8 @@ vir_writes_r3(const struct v3d_device_info *devinfo, struct qinst *inst)
 }
 
 bool
-vir_writes_r4(const struct v3d_device_info *devinfo, struct qinst *inst)
+vir_writes_r4_implicitly(const struct v3d_device_info *devinfo,
+                         struct qinst *inst)
 {
         if (!devinfo->has_accumulators)
                 return false;
diff --git a/src/broadcom/compiler/vir_register_allocate.c b/src/broadcom/compiler/vir_register_allocate.c
index 7b3f6c41934..f2df35cd458 100644
--- a/src/broadcom/compiler/vir_register_allocate.c
+++ b/src/broadcom/compiler/vir_register_allocate.c
@@ -988,7 +988,7 @@ update_graph_and_reg_classes_for_inst(struct v3d_compile *c, int *acc_nodes,
          * result to a temp), nothing else can be stored in r3/r4 across
          * it.
          */
-        if (vir_writes_r3(c->devinfo, inst)) {
+        if (vir_writes_r3_implicitly(c->devinfo, inst)) {
                 for (int i = 0; i < c->num_temps; i++) {
                         if (c->temp_start[i] < ip && c->temp_end[i] > ip) {
                                 ra_add_node_interference(c->g,
@@ -998,7 +998,7 @@ update_graph_and_reg_classes_for_inst(struct v3d_compile *c, int *acc_nodes,
                 }
         }
 
-        if (vir_writes_r4(c->devinfo, inst)) {
+        if (vir_writes_r4_implicitly(c->devinfo, inst)) {
                 for (int i = 0; i < c->num_temps; i++) {
                         if (c->temp_start[i] < ip && c->temp_end[i] > ip) {
                                 ra_add_node_interference(c->g,