diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/virgl/ci/traces-virgl.yml b/src/gallium/drivers/virgl/ci/traces-virgl.yml
index a015fd5fccc..82396976550 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/virgl/ci/traces-virgl.yml
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/virgl/ci/traces-virgl.yml
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ traces:
   - path: itoral-gl-terrain-demo/demo-v2.trace
     expectations:
       - device: gl-virgl
-        checksum: 716d4fe36a6212b161285fed8a423ee8
+        checksum: 37780a6eaa38a55700e8207e89009f56
   - path: neverball/neverball-v2.trace
     expectations:
       - device: gl-virgl
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/virgl/virgl_context.c b/src/gallium/drivers/virgl/virgl_context.c
index c90b3ea7ec8..771c204d65a 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/virgl/virgl_context.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/virgl/virgl_context.c
@@ -686,7 +686,8 @@ static void *virgl_shader_encoder(struct pipe_context *ctx,
 
    if (shader->type == PIPE_SHADER_IR_NIR) {
       struct nir_to_tgsi_options options = {
-         .unoptimized_ra = true
+         .unoptimized_ra = true,
+         .lower_fabs = true
       };
       nir_shader *s = nir_shader_clone(NULL, shader->ir.nir);
 
@@ -1375,7 +1376,8 @@ static void *virgl_create_compute_state(struct pipe_context *ctx,
 
    if (state->ir_type == PIPE_SHADER_IR_NIR) {
       struct nir_to_tgsi_options options = {
-         .unoptimized_ra = true
+         .unoptimized_ra = true,
+         .lower_fabs = true
       };
       nir_shader *s = nir_shader_clone(NULL, state->prog);
       ntt_tokens = tokens = nir_to_tgsi_options(s, vctx->base.screen, &options); /* takes ownership */
diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/virgl/virgl_screen.c b/src/gallium/drivers/virgl/virgl_screen.c
index 862812c014e..4a9443aa296 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/virgl/virgl_screen.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/virgl/virgl_screen.c
@@ -1088,6 +1088,7 @@ virgl_create_screen(struct virgl_winsys *vws, const struct pipe_screen_config *c
        * ffract+fsub back into ffloor.
        */
       screen->compiler_options.lower_ffloor = true;
+      screen->compiler_options.lower_fneg = true;
    }
 
    slab_create_parent(&screen->transfer_pool, sizeof(struct virgl_transfer), 16);