diff --git a/src/compiler/nir/nir_shader_from_string.c b/src/compiler/nir/nir_shader_from_string.c
index 20d34a048256f1cdc38e33a091cd2b50625f7bf8..a2627471f076f56a28d4dfe0e46f3e2f568ecde2 100644
--- a/src/compiler/nir/nir_shader_from_string.c
+++ b/src/compiler/nir/nir_shader_from_string.c
@@ -1677,6 +1677,8 @@ nir_shader *nir_shader_from_string(const char *sh, const nir_shader_compiler_opt
    char *shader_dup = strdup(sh);
    char *shader = shader_dup;
 
+   glsl_type_singleton_init_or_ref();
+
    gl_shader_stage stage = get_stage(shader);
    nir_builder_init_simple_shader(&b, NULL, stage, options);
    shader = next_line(shader);
@@ -1708,5 +1710,6 @@ fail:
    if (!retval)
       ralloc_free(b.shader);
    free(shader_dup);
+   glsl_type_singleton_decref();
    return retval;
 }