diff --git a/src/graphics/shader/recompiler/frontend/cfg/ShaderCFG.cpp b/src/graphics/shader/recompiler/frontend/cfg/ShaderCFG.cpp
index 5ebc73d7f..7bb67e677 100644
--- a/src/graphics/shader/recompiler/frontend/cfg/ShaderCFG.cpp
+++ b/src/graphics/shader/recompiler/frontend/cfg/ShaderCFG.cpp
@@ -1138,20 +1138,6 @@ bool IsLoopControlGateway(const Graph& graph, const NaturalLoop& loop, uint32_t
 	       is_control_target(block->terminator.false_block);
 }
 
-bool HasLinearPathTo(const Graph& graph, uint32_t start, uint32_t target) {
-	std::vector<bool> visited(graph.blocks.size(), false);
-	for (auto block_id = start; block_id != target;) {
-		const auto* block = graph.FindBlock(block_id);
-		if (block == nullptr || block_id >= visited.size() || visited[block_id] ||
-		    block->successors.size() != 1) {
-			return false;
-		}
-		visited[block_id] = true;
-		block_id          = block->successors.front();
-	}
-	return true;
-}
-
 bool HasLinearPathToTerminal(const Graph& graph, uint32_t start) {
 	std::vector<bool> visited(graph.blocks.size(), false);
 	for (auto block_id = start;;) {
@@ -1213,13 +1199,6 @@ uint32_t FindSelectionMerge(const Graph& graph, const BasicBlock& block) {
 		const auto  true_target  = block.terminator.true_block;
 		const auto  false_target = block.terminator.false_block;
 		if (global_block != nullptr && global_block->successors.empty()) {
-			// A terminal common post-dominator can hide the local continuation of a nested
-			// early-exit selection. Prefer that continuation as the structured merge.
-			const bool true_exits  = HasLinearPathTo(graph, true_target, global_merge);
-			const bool false_exits = HasLinearPathTo(graph, false_target, global_merge);
-			if (true_exits != false_exits) {
-				return true_exits ? false_target : true_target;
-			}
 			const bool false_reaches_true =
 			    CanReachBefore(graph, false_target, true_target, global_merge);
 			const bool true_reaches_false =
@@ -1511,7 +1490,11 @@ bool SplitOneSelectionMerge(Graph& graph, std::string* error) {
 		}
 		const auto region   = SelectionRegion(graph, *block, merge);
 		const auto external = std::find_if(region.begin(), region.end(), [&](uint32_t member) {
-			return !graph.Dominates(block_id, member);
+			const auto* member_block = graph.FindBlock(member);
+			return member_block != nullptr &&
+			       std::ranges::any_of(member_block->predecessors, [&](uint32_t predecessor) {
+				       return predecessor != block_id && !Contains(region, predecessor);
+			       });
 		});
 		if (external != region.end()) {
 			SetFailure(
diff --git a/tests/shaderCfgTests.cpp b/tests/shaderCfgTests.cpp
index c980b9de5..fcc21dac2 100644
--- a/tests/shaderCfgTests.cpp
+++ b/tests/shaderCfgTests.cpp
@@ -7881,6 +7881,50 @@ void TestNewShaderRecompilerCfgNestedEarlyExitSharedTerminal() {
   CheckSpirvBinaryValidates(result.spirv);
 }
 
+void TestNewShaderRecompilerCfgSharedTerminalEarlyExit() {
+  const uint32_t shader[] = {
+      EncodeSopc(0x06, 0, 0), // outer early-exit condition
+      EncodeSopp(0x04, 8),    // outer -> early exit or nested body
+      EncodeSopc(0x06, 1, 1), // nested body condition
+      EncodeSopp(0x04, 1),    // nested body -> right or left
+      EncodeSopp(0x02, 4),    // left -> body continuation
+      EncodeSopc(0x06, 2, 2), // right condition
+      EncodeSopp(0x04, 1),    // right -> join or work
+      EncodeSopp(0x02, 0),    // work -> join
+      EncodeSopp(0x02, 0),    // join -> body continuation
+      EncodeSopp(0x02, 1),    // body continuation -> shared terminal
+      EncodeSopp(0x02, 0),    // early exit -> shared terminal
+      0xbf810000u,
+  };
+
+  ShaderRecompiler::Decoder::Program decoded;
+  std::string error;
+  Check(ShaderRecompiler::Decoder::DecodeProgram(std::span{shader}, decoded,
+                                                 &error),
+        error.c_str());
+  ShaderRecompiler::CFG::Graph graph;
+  Check(ShaderRecompiler::CFG::BuildGraph(decoded, graph, &error),
+        error.c_str());
+  const auto original_coverage =
+      CfgInstructionCoverage(graph, decoded.instructions.size());
+  Check(ShaderRecompiler::CFG::Structurize(graph, &error), error.c_str());
+  Check(CfgInstructionCoverage(graph, decoded.instructions.size()) ==
+            original_coverage,
+        "shared-terminal structurization changed semantic instruction coverage");
+
+  auto options = MakeCompileOptions(ShaderType::Pixel);
+  options.dump_ir = true;
+  ShaderRecompiler::CompileResult result;
+  Check(ShaderRecompiler::TryRecompile(shader, options, result, &error),
+        error.c_str());
+  Check(!result.program.dispatcher_fallback &&
+            Common::ContainsStr(result.ir_dump, "mode=structured"),
+        "shared-terminal early exit selected dispatcher control flow");
+  Check(SpirvInstructionOpcodeCount(result.spirv, 251) == 0u,
+        "shared-terminal early exit unexpectedly used dispatcher OpSwitch");
+  CheckSpirvBinaryValidates(result.spirv);
+}
+
 void TestNewShaderRecompilerCfgPrunesUnreachableSelectionEntry() {
   const uint32_t shader[] = {
       EncodeSopp(0x02, 1),    // entry -> header, skipping unreachable entry
@@ -11513,6 +11557,7 @@ int main() {
   TestNewShaderRecompilerCfgLoopSharedRegion();
   TestNewShaderRecompilerCfgOverlappingEarlyExitLadder();
   TestNewShaderRecompilerCfgNestedEarlyExitSharedTerminal();
+  TestNewShaderRecompilerCfgSharedTerminalEarlyExit();
   TestNewShaderRecompilerCfgPrunesUnreachableSelectionEntry();
   TestNewShaderRecompilerCfgIrreducibleDispatcher();
   TestNewShaderRecompilerDispatcherSpillsU32x3();