diff --git a/src/amd/compiler/aco_instruction_selection.cpp b/src/amd/compiler/aco_instruction_selection.cpp
index 7d45f5b8c33..5bd389a5be4 100644
--- a/src/amd/compiler/aco_instruction_selection.cpp
+++ b/src/amd/compiler/aco_instruction_selection.cpp
@@ -2714,12 +2714,18 @@ void visit_alu_instr(isel_context *ctx, nir_alu_instr *instr)
          Temp src0 = bld.tmp(v1);
          Temp src1 = bld.tmp(v1);
          bld.pseudo(aco_opcode::p_split_vector, Definition(src0), Definition(src1), src);
-         if (!ctx->block->fp_mode.care_about_round32 || ctx->block->fp_mode.round32 == fp_round_tz)
+         if (0 && (!ctx->block->fp_mode.care_about_round32 || ctx->block->fp_mode.round32 == fp_round_tz)) {
             bld.vop3(aco_opcode::v_cvt_pkrtz_f16_f32, Definition(dst), src0, src1);
-         else
-            bld.vop3(aco_opcode::v_cvt_pk_u16_u32, Definition(dst),
-                     bld.vop1(aco_opcode::v_cvt_f32_f16, bld.def(v1), src0),
-                     bld.vop1(aco_opcode::v_cvt_f32_f16, bld.def(v1), src1));
+         } else {
+            src0 = bld.vop1(aco_opcode::v_cvt_f16_f32, bld.def(v1), src0);
+            src1 = bld.vop1(aco_opcode::v_cvt_f16_f32, bld.def(v1), src1);
+            if (ctx->program->chip_class >= GFX10) {
+               /* the high bits of v_cvt_f16_f32 isn't zero'd on GFX10 */
+               bld.vop3(aco_opcode::v_pack_b32_f16, Definition(dst), src0, src1);
+            } else {
+               bld.vop3(aco_opcode::v_cvt_pk_u16_u32, Definition(dst), src0, src1);
+            }
+         }
       } else {
          isel_err(&instr->instr, "Unimplemented NIR instr bit size");
       }