diff --git a/src/compiler/nir/nir_intrinsics.py b/src/compiler/nir/nir_intrinsics.py
index 6adbc0bf79b..20a0197e9bc 100644
--- a/src/compiler/nir/nir_intrinsics.py
+++ b/src/compiler/nir/nir_intrinsics.py
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ atomic3("atomic_counter_comp_swap")
 # either one or two additional scalar arguments with the same meaning as in
 # the ARB_shader_image_load_store specification.
 def image(name, src_comp=[], extra_indices=[], **kwargs):
-    intrinsic("image_deref_" + name, src_comp=[1] + src_comp,
+    intrinsic("image_deref_" + name, src_comp=[-1] + src_comp,
               indices=[IMAGE_DIM, IMAGE_ARRAY, ACCESS] + extra_indices, **kwargs)
     intrinsic("image_" + name, src_comp=[1] + src_comp,
               indices=[IMAGE_DIM, IMAGE_ARRAY, FORMAT, ACCESS] + extra_indices, **kwargs)