diff --git a/src/compiler/nir/nir_opt_dead_cf.c b/src/compiler/nir/nir_opt_dead_cf.c
index 33f3565c564..bf86ba280e3 100644
--- a/src/compiler/nir/nir_opt_dead_cf.c
+++ b/src/compiler/nir/nir_opt_dead_cf.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 #include "nir.h"
 #include "nir_control_flow.h"
+#include "nir_loop_analyze.h"
 
 /*
  * This file implements an optimization that deletes statically
@@ -173,6 +174,42 @@ def_only_used_in_cf_node(nir_ssa_def *def, void *_node)
    return true;
 }
 
+static bool
+find_loop_terminators(struct exec_list *list)
+{
+   foreach_list_typed(nir_cf_node, cur, node, list) {
+      switch (cur->type) {
+         case nir_cf_node_block: {
+            nir_block *block = nir_cf_node_as_block(cur);
+            if (nir_block_ends_in_break(block))
+               return true;
+
+            break;
+         }
+         case nir_cf_node_if: {
+            nir_if *if_stmt = nir_cf_node_as_if(cur);
+            if (find_loop_terminators(&if_stmt->then_list))
+               return true;
+
+            if (find_loop_terminators(&if_stmt->else_list))
+               return true;
+
+            break;
+         }
+         case nir_cf_node_loop: {
+            nir_loop *loop = nir_cf_node_as_loop(cur);
+            if (find_loop_terminators(&loop->body))
+               return true;
+
+            break;
+         }
+         default:
+            unreachable("unknown cf node type");
+      }
+   }
+   return false;
+}
+
 /*
  * Test if a loop node is dead. Such nodes are dead if:
  *
@@ -206,6 +243,10 @@ node_is_dead(nir_cf_node *node)
    nir_function_impl *impl = nir_cf_node_get_function(node);
    nir_metadata_require(impl, nir_metadata_block_index);
 
+   bool interruptible = true;
+   if(node->type == nir_cf_node_loop)
+      interruptible = find_loop_terminators(&nir_cf_node_as_loop(node)->body);
+
    nir_foreach_block_in_cf_node(block, node) {
       bool inside_loop = node->type == nir_cf_node_loop;
       for (nir_cf_node *n = &block->cf_node;
@@ -236,7 +277,8 @@ node_is_dead(nir_cf_node *node)
                return false;
          }
 
-         if (!nir_foreach_ssa_def(instr, def_only_used_in_cf_node, node))
+         if (!nir_foreach_ssa_def(instr, def_only_used_in_cf_node, node) &&
+             interruptible)
             return false;
       }
    }