diff --git a/src/panfrost/bifrost/bi_ra.c b/src/panfrost/bifrost/bi_ra.c
index 27aa45668f81c..7fd9a9e0a7a11 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/bifrost/bi_ra.c
+++ b/src/panfrost/bifrost/bi_ra.c
@@ -1137,7 +1137,7 @@ bi_register_allocate(bi_context *ctx)
                                 spill_count = ALIGN_POT(spill_count, 16);
 
                         spill_count += bi_spill_register(ctx,
-                                        bi_node_to_index(spill_node, bi_max_temp(ctx)),
+                                        bi_get_index(spill_node, false, 0),
                                         spill_count);
 
                         /* In case the spill affected an instruction with tied
diff --git a/src/panfrost/bifrost/compiler.h b/src/panfrost/bifrost/compiler.h
index eb4c06b50ce81..fc2bbc6db6ee3 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/bifrost/compiler.h
+++ b/src/panfrost/bifrost/compiler.h
@@ -948,15 +948,6 @@ bi_dest_index(nir_dest *dst)
         return bi_get_index(dst->ssa.index, false, 0);
 }
 
-static inline bi_index
-bi_node_to_index(unsigned node, unsigned node_count)
-{
-        assert(node < node_count);
-        assert(node_count < ~0u);
-
-        return bi_get_index(node, false, 0);
-}
-
 /* Iterators for Bifrost IR */
 
 #define bi_foreach_block(ctx, v) \