diff --git a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_vec4_visitor.cpp b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_vec4_visitor.cpp
index fdd8e3d..de6de1f 100644
--- a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_vec4_visitor.cpp
+++ b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/brw_vec4_visitor.cpp
@@ -2589,6 +2589,7 @@ vec4_visitor::visit(ir_texture *ir)
       is_high_sampler(brw, sampler_reg);
    inst->base_mrf = 2;
    inst->mlen = inst->header_present + 1; /* always at least one */
+   inst->dst.writemask = WRITEMASK_XYZW;
    inst->shadow_compare = ir->shadow_comparitor != NULL;
 
    inst->src[1] = sampler_reg;