diff --git a/renderer/src/shaders/draw_path_common.glsl b/renderer/src/shaders/draw_path_common.glsl
index 7d022032..c84e76a8 100644
--- a/renderer/src/shaders/draw_path_common.glsl
+++ b/renderer/src/shaders/draw_path_common.glsl
@@ -862,6 +862,11 @@ INLINE half incremental_clockwise_coverage(half c0, half c1, half paintAlpha)
     return (c1 - c0) / max(1. - c0 * paintAlpha, EPSILON_FP16_NON_DENORM);
 }
 
+// Older Adreno GLSL compilers can miscompile non-atomic path shaders when they
+// contain the unused unsigned shifts below. Keep this helper in storage-buffer
+// PLS and clockwise-atomic variants, where it is used or was already present.
+#if defined(@PLS_IMPL_STORAGE_BUFFER) ||                                    \
+    defined(@RENDER_MODE_CLOCKWISE_ATOMIC)
 // Converts an x,y image coordinate into a buffer index, swizzling into
 // BUFFER_IMAGE_TILE_SIZE x BUFFER_IMAGE_TILE_SIZE tiles for better cache
 // performance.
@@ -879,6 +884,7 @@ INLINE uint swizzle_image_buffer_idx(uint2 imageCoord, uint imageWidth)
     idx += ((imageCoord.y & 0x3u) << 2) + (imageCoord.x & 0x3u);
     return idx;
 }
+#endif
 
 #ifdef @RENDER_MODE_CLOCKWISE_ATOMIC