diff --git a/lib/Target/R600/AMDGPUTargetMachine.cpp b/lib/Target/R600/AMDGPUTargetMachine.cpp
index 9fe97c86503..8854e7b5093 100644
--- a/lib/Target/R600/AMDGPUTargetMachine.cpp
+++ b/lib/Target/R600/AMDGPUTargetMachine.cpp
@@ -188,8 +188,8 @@ bool AMDGPUPassConfig::addPreRegAlloc() {
 bool AMDGPUPassConfig::addPostRegAlloc() {
   const AMDGPUSubtarget &ST = TM->getSubtarget<AMDGPUSubtarget>();
 
-  addPass(createSIShrinkInstructionsPass());
   if (ST.getGeneration() > AMDGPUSubtarget::NORTHERN_ISLANDS) {
+    addPass(createSIShrinkInstructionsPass());
     addPass(createSIInsertWaits(*TM));
   }
   return false;