diff --git a/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_nir.c b/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_nir.c
index 9b406166007..64daa685705 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_nir.c
+++ b/src/freedreno/ir3/ir3_nir.c
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ ir3_nir_lower_variant(struct ir3_shader_variant *so, nir_shader *s)
 	 * be left as load_ubo
 	 */
 	if (so->shader->compiler->gpu_id >= 600)
-		OPT_V(s, nir_lower_ubo_vec4);
+		progress |= OPT(s, nir_lower_ubo_vec4);
 
 	OPT_V(s, ir3_nir_lower_io_offsets, so->shader->compiler->gpu_id);