diff --git a/src/compiler/nir/nir.c b/src/compiler/nir/nir.c
index 40fe8cd058c..8dc0f54fb81 100644
--- a/src/compiler/nir/nir.c
+++ b/src/compiler/nir/nir.c
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ reg_create(void *mem_ctx, struct exec_list *list)
    reg->num_components = 0;
    reg->bit_size = 32;
    reg->num_array_elems = 0;
+   reg->divergent = false;
 
    exec_list_push_tail(list, &reg->node);