diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/lima/lima_program.c b/src/gallium/drivers/lima/lima_program.c
index 8ce554d194a..1b50ea7a697 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/lima/lima_program.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/lima/lima_program.c
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ lima_program_optimize_vs_nir(struct nir_shader *s)
       NIR_PASS(progress, s, lima_nir_lower_ftrunc);
       NIR_PASS(progress, s, nir_opt_constant_folding);
       NIR_PASS(progress, s, nir_opt_undef);
+      NIR_PASS(progress, s, nir_lower_undef_to_zero);
       NIR_PASS(progress, s, nir_opt_loop_unroll);
       NIR_PASS(progress, s, nir_lower_undef_to_zero);
    } while (progress);
@@ -153,6 +154,7 @@ lima_program_optimize_vs_nir(struct nir_shader *s)
    NIR_PASS_V(s, lima_nir_split_loads);
    NIR_PASS_V(s, nir_lower_locals_to_regs);
    NIR_PASS_V(s, nir_convert_from_ssa, true);
+   NIR_PASS_V(s, nir_opt_dce);
    NIR_PASS_V(s, nir_remove_dead_variables, nir_var_function_temp, NULL);
    nir_sweep(s);
 }