diff --git a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_fs.cpp b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_fs.cpp
index a575181a74a..81009a09128 100644
--- a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_fs.cpp
+++ b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_fs.cpp
@@ -4780,11 +4780,11 @@ fs_visitor::optimize()
     */
    bld = fs_builder(this, 64);
 
-   split_virtual_grfs();
-
    assign_constant_locations();
    demote_pull_constants();
 
+   split_virtual_grfs();
+
 #define OPT(pass, args...) ({                                           \
       pass_num++;                                                       \
       bool this_progress = pass(args);                                  \