if (!error_emitted) {
          var->constant_initializer = rhs->constant_expression_value(mem_ctx);
          var->data.has_initializer = true;
+         var->data.is_implicit_initializer = false;
 
          /* If the declared variable is an unsized array, it must inherrit
          * its full type from the initializer.  A declaration such as
           (var->type->is_numeric() || var->type->is_boolean())) {
          const ir_constant_data data = { { 0 } };
          var->data.has_initializer = true;
+         var->data.is_implicit_initializer = true;
          var->constant_initializer = new(var) ir_constant(var->type, &data);
       }
 
        (var->type->is_numeric() || var->type->is_boolean())) {
          const ir_constant_data data = { { 0 } };
          var->data.has_initializer = true;
+         var->data.is_implicit_initializer = true;
          var->constant_initializer = new(var) ir_constant(var->type, &data);
    }
 
    var->constant_initializer =
       new(var) ir_constant(glsl_type::uvec3_type, &data);
    var->data.has_initializer = true;
+   var->data.is_implicit_initializer = false;
 
    return NULL;
 }
          if (!var->constant_initializer && state->zero_init) {
             const ir_constant_data data = { { 0 } };
             var->data.has_initializer = true;
+            var->data.is_implicit_initializer = true;
             var->constant_initializer = new(var) ir_constant(var->type, &data);
          }
       }
 
    this->data.explicit_binding = false;
    this->data.explicit_component = false;
    this->data.has_initializer = false;
+   this->data.is_implicit_initializer = false;
    this->data.is_unmatched_generic_inout = false;
    this->data.is_xfb_only = false;
    this->data.explicit_xfb_buffer = false;
 
        */
       unsigned has_initializer:1;
 
+      /**
+       * Is the initializer created by the compiler (glsl_zero_init)
+       */
+      unsigned is_implicit_initializer:1;
+
       /**
        * Is this variable a generic output or input that has not yet been matched
        * up to a variable in another stage of the pipeline?
 
           * no vendor actually implemented that behavior.  The 4.20
           * behavior matches the implemented behavior of at least one other
           * vendor, so we'll implement that for all GLSL versions.
+          * If (at least) one of these constant expressions is implicit,
+          * because it was added by glsl_zero_init, we skip the verification.
           */
          if (var->constant_initializer != NULL) {
-            if (existing->constant_initializer != NULL) {
+            if (existing->constant_initializer != NULL &&
+                !existing->data.is_implicit_initializer &&
+                !var->data.is_implicit_initializer) {
                if (!var->constant_initializer->has_value(existing->constant_initializer)) {
                   linker_error(prog, "initializers for %s "
                                "`%s' have differing values\n",
                 * not have an initializer but a later instance does,
                 * replace the former with the later.
                 */
-               variables->replace_variable(existing->name, var);
+               if (!var->data.is_implicit_initializer)
+                  variables->replace_variable(existing->name, var);
             }
          }