diff --git a/libs/vkd3d-shader/hlsl.h b/libs/vkd3d-shader/hlsl.h
index 75ac7a4c..ac167980 100644
--- a/libs/vkd3d-shader/hlsl.h
+++ b/libs/vkd3d-shader/hlsl.h
@@ -1633,7 +1633,10 @@ bool sysval_semantic_from_hlsl(enum vkd3d_shader_sysval_semantic *semantic,
         struct hlsl_ctx *ctx, const struct hlsl_semantic *hlsl_semantic, bool output);
 bool hlsl_sm4_register_from_semantic(struct hlsl_ctx *ctx, const struct hlsl_semantic *semantic,
         bool output, enum vkd3d_shader_register_type *type, bool *has_idx);
-int hlsl_sm4_write(struct hlsl_ctx *ctx, struct hlsl_ir_function_decl *entry_func, struct vkd3d_shader_code *out);
+
+int tpf_compile(struct vsir_program *program, uint64_t config_flags,
+        struct vkd3d_shader_code *out, struct vkd3d_shader_message_context *message_context,
+        struct hlsl_ctx *ctx, struct hlsl_ir_function_decl *entry_func);
 
 struct hlsl_ir_function_decl *hlsl_compile_internal_function(struct hlsl_ctx *ctx, const char *name, const char *hlsl);
 
diff --git a/libs/vkd3d-shader/hlsl_codegen.c b/libs/vkd3d-shader/hlsl_codegen.c
index a98c8adb..b8171ed2 100644
--- a/libs/vkd3d-shader/hlsl_codegen.c
+++ b/libs/vkd3d-shader/hlsl_codegen.c
@@ -7282,9 +7282,6 @@ static void sm1_generate_vsir_block(struct hlsl_ctx *ctx, struct hlsl_block *blo
     }
 }
 
-/* OBJECTIVE: Translate all the information from ctx and entry_func to the
- * vsir_program and ctab blob, so they can be used as input to d3dbc_compile()
- * without relying on ctx and entry_func. */
 static void sm1_generate_vsir(struct hlsl_ctx *ctx, struct hlsl_ir_function_decl *entry_func,
         uint64_t config_flags, struct vsir_program *program, struct vkd3d_shader_code *ctab)
 {
@@ -7321,6 +7318,25 @@ static void sm1_generate_vsir(struct hlsl_ctx *ctx, struct hlsl_ir_function_decl
     sm1_generate_vsir_block(ctx, &entry_func->body, program);
 }
 
+/* OBJECTIVE: Translate all the information from ctx and entry_func to the
+ * vsir_program, so it can be used as input to tpf_compile() without relying
+ * on ctx and entry_func. */
+static void sm4_generate_vsir(struct hlsl_ctx *ctx, struct hlsl_ir_function_decl *entry_func,
+        uint64_t config_flags, struct vsir_program *program)
+{
+    struct vkd3d_shader_version version = {0};
+
+    version.major = ctx->profile->major_version;
+    version.minor = ctx->profile->minor_version;
+    version.type = ctx->profile->type;
+
+    if (!vsir_program_init(program, NULL, &version, 0, VSIR_CF_STRUCTURED))
+    {
+        ctx->result = VKD3D_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
+        return;
+    }
+}
+
 static struct hlsl_ir_jump *loop_unrolling_find_jump(struct hlsl_block *block, struct hlsl_ir_node *stop_point,
         struct hlsl_block **found_block)
 {
@@ -7850,7 +7866,22 @@ int hlsl_emit_bytecode(struct hlsl_ctx *ctx, struct hlsl_ir_function_decl *entry
         }
 
         case VKD3D_SHADER_TARGET_DXBC_TPF:
-            return hlsl_sm4_write(ctx, entry_func, out);
+        {
+            uint32_t config_flags = vkd3d_shader_init_config_flags();
+            struct vsir_program program;
+            int result;
+
+            sm4_generate_vsir(ctx, entry_func, config_flags, &program);
+            if (ctx->result)
+            {
+                vsir_program_cleanup(&program);
+                return ctx->result;
+            }
+
+            result = tpf_compile(&program, config_flags, out, ctx->message_context, ctx, entry_func);
+            vsir_program_cleanup(&program);
+            return result;
+        }
 
         default:
             ERR("Unsupported shader target type %#x.\n", target_type);
diff --git a/libs/vkd3d-shader/tpf.c b/libs/vkd3d-shader/tpf.c
index eaad59f5..92db91e5 100644
--- a/libs/vkd3d-shader/tpf.c
+++ b/libs/vkd3d-shader/tpf.c
@@ -1405,6 +1405,7 @@ struct sm4_stat
 
 struct tpf_writer
 {
+    /* OBJECTIVE: We want to get rid of this HLSL IR specific field. */
     struct hlsl_ctx *ctx;
     struct vkd3d_bytecode_buffer *buffer;
     struct vkd3d_sm4_lookup_tables lookup;
@@ -6564,7 +6565,12 @@ static void write_sm4_stat(struct hlsl_ctx *ctx, const struct sm4_stat *stat, st
     add_section(ctx, dxbc, TAG_STAT, &buffer);
 }
 
-int hlsl_sm4_write(struct hlsl_ctx *ctx, struct hlsl_ir_function_decl *entry_func, struct vkd3d_shader_code *out)
+/* OBJECTIVE: Stop relying on ctx and entry_func on this function, receiving
+ * data from the other parameters instead, so they can be removed from the
+ * arguments and this function can be independent of HLSL structs.  */
+int tpf_compile(struct vsir_program *program, uint64_t config_flags,
+        struct vkd3d_shader_code *out, struct vkd3d_shader_message_context *message_context,
+        struct hlsl_ctx *ctx, struct hlsl_ir_function_decl *entry_func)
 {
     struct sm4_stat stat = {0};
     struct dxbc_writer dxbc;