diff --git a/src/intel/compiler/brw_nir_lower_storage_image.c b/src/intel/compiler/brw_nir_lower_storage_image.c
index 31c029871c3..a9946694f3b 100644
--- a/src/intel/compiler/brw_nir_lower_storage_image.c
+++ b/src/intel/compiler/brw_nir_lower_storage_image.c
@@ -367,6 +367,10 @@ lower_image_load_instr(nir_builder *b,
 {
    nir_deref_instr *deref = nir_src_as_deref(intrin->src[0]);
    nir_variable *var = nir_deref_instr_get_variable(deref);
+
+   if (var->data.image.format == PIPE_FORMAT_NONE)
+      return false;
+
    const enum isl_format image_fmt =
       isl_format_for_pipe_format(var->data.image.format);
 
@@ -526,6 +530,9 @@ lower_image_store_instr(nir_builder *b,
    if (var->data.access & ACCESS_NON_READABLE)
       return false;
 
+   if (var->data.image.format == PIPE_FORMAT_NONE)
+      return false;
+
    const enum isl_format image_fmt =
       isl_format_for_pipe_format(var->data.image.format);