diff --git a/src/xenia/gpu/shader_translator.cc b/src/xenia/gpu/shader_translator.cc
index 689bcbf97..11affc7ea 100644
--- a/src/xenia/gpu/shader_translator.cc
+++ b/src/xenia/gpu/shader_translator.cc
@@ -203,13 +203,14 @@ void ShaderTranslator::GatherBindingInformation(
 
 void ShaderTranslator::GatherVertexBindingInformation(
     const VertexFetchInstruction& op) {
+  ParsedVertexFetchInstruction fetch_instr;
+  ParseVertexFetchInstruction(op, &fetch_instr);
+
+  // Don't bother setting up a binding for an instruction that fetches nothing.
   if (!op.fetches_any_data()) {
     return;
   }
 
-  ParsedVertexFetchInstruction fetch_instr;
-  ParseVertexFetchInstruction(op, &fetch_instr);
-
   // Try to allocate an attribute on an existing binding.
   // If no binding for this fetch slot is found create it.
   using VertexBinding = Shader::VertexBinding;