diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/vc4/vc4_program.c b/src/gallium/drivers/vc4/vc4_program.c
index e5f7aa31b0e..7d88444c673 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/vc4/vc4_program.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/vc4/vc4_program.c
@@ -2335,6 +2335,21 @@ vc4_shader_ntq(struct vc4_context *vc4, enum qstage stage,
 
         vc4_optimize_nir(c->s);
 
+        /* Do late algebraic optimization to turn add(a, neg(b)) back into
+         * subs, then the mandatory cleanup after algebraic.  Note that it may
+         * produce fnegs, and if so then we need to keep running to squash
+         * fneg(fneg(a)).
+         */
+        bool more_late_algebraic = true;
+        while (more_late_algebraic) {
+                more_late_algebraic = false;
+                NIR_PASS(more_late_algebraic, c->s, nir_opt_algebraic_late);
+                NIR_PASS_V(c->s, nir_opt_constant_folding);
+                NIR_PASS_V(c->s, nir_copy_prop);
+                NIR_PASS_V(c->s, nir_opt_dce);
+                NIR_PASS_V(c->s, nir_opt_cse);
+        }
+
         NIR_PASS_V(c->s, nir_lower_bool_to_int32);
 
         NIR_PASS_V(c->s, nir_convert_from_ssa, true);