diff --git a/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/glsl/common.glslh b/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/glsl/common.glslh
index f556ba0a705..3c031ec8913 100644
--- a/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/glsl/common.glslh
+++ b/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/glsl/common.glslh
@@ -35,6 +35,34 @@
 #define mod_4(x) ((x) & 3)
 #define mod_8(x) ((x) & 7)
 
+// Branch access avoids Adreno compiler crashes from runtime-indexed UBO vectors.
+int safe_idx(const ivec4 v, const int idx) {
+  if (idx == 0) return v.x;
+  if (idx == 1) return v.y;
+  if (idx == 2) return v.z;
+  return v.w;
+}
+
+uint safe_idx(const uvec4 v, const int idx) {
+  if (idx == 0) return v.x;
+  if (idx == 1) return v.y;
+  if (idx == 2) return v.z;
+  return v.w;
+}
+
+int safe_idx(const ivec3 v, const int idx) {
+  if (idx == 0) return v.x;
+  if (idx == 1) return v.y;
+  return v.z;
+}
+
+void safe_set(inout ivec4 v, const int idx, const int val) {
+  if (idx == 0) { v.x = val; }
+  else if (idx == 1) { v.y = val; }
+  else if (idx == 2) { v.z = val; }
+  else { v.w = val; }
+}
+
 
 int sign_extend_8bit(const int val) {
   if ((val & 0x80) != 0) {
diff --git a/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/glsl/indexing.glslh b/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/glsl/indexing.glslh
index ddcc6d03de2..86f57ee5526 100644
--- a/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/glsl/indexing.glslh
+++ b/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/glsl/indexing.glslh
@@ -80,40 +80,9 @@ bool is_channels_last(const int hashed_layout) {
 #define get_outer_packed_dim_block_size(layout) (((layout) >> 28) & 0xF)
 #define get_batch_concat_dim(layout) (((layout) >> 12) & 0xF)
 
-// Safe ivec4 component access via if/else chain. Avoids dynamic vector
-// indexing (v[index]) on UBO-backed ivec4 members, which crashes on Adreno 740
-// when the index is a specialization constant with value 1 or 2.
-int safe_idx(const ivec4 v, const int idx) {
-  if (idx == 0) return v.x;
-  if (idx == 1) return v.y;
-  if (idx == 2) return v.z;
-  return v.w;
-}
-
-// Safe uvec4 component access via if/else chain. Same rationale as safe_idx
-// for ivec4 — avoids dynamic vector indexing on UBO-backed uvec4 members.
-uint safe_idx(const uvec4 v, const int idx) {
-  if (idx == 0) return v.x;
-  if (idx == 1) return v.y;
-  if (idx == 2) return v.z;
-  return v.w;
-}
-
-// Safe ivec3 component access via if/else chain. Same rationale as safe_idx
-// for ivec4.
-int safe_idx(const ivec3 v, const int idx) {
-  if (idx == 0) return v.x;
-  if (idx == 1) return v.y;
-  return v.z;
-}
-
-// Safe ivec4 component write via if/else chain. Companion to safe_idx for
-// cases where we need to set a component by a spec-const-derived index.
-void safe_set(inout ivec4 v, const int idx, const int val) {
-  if (idx == 0) { v.x = val; }
-  else if (idx == 1) { v.y = val; }
-  else if (idx == 2) { v.z = val; }
-  else { v.w = val; }
+uint safe_idx(const uvec4 lower, const uvec4 upper, const int idx) {
+  if (idx < 4) return safe_idx(lower, idx);
+  return safe_idx(upper, idx - 4);
 }
 
 //
@@ -140,19 +109,19 @@ uint numel(const BufferMetadata meta) {
 }
 
 uint dim_order_at(const BufferMetadata meta, const int dim) {
-  return meta.dim_order[div_4(dim)][mod_4(dim)];
+  return safe_idx(meta.dim_order[0], meta.dim_order[1], dim);
 }
 
 uint dim_order_at(const BufferMetadata meta, const uint dim) {
-  return meta.dim_order[div_4(dim)][mod_4(dim)];
+  return safe_idx(meta.dim_order[0], meta.dim_order[1], int(dim));
 }
 
 uint stride_at(const BufferMetadata meta, const int dim) {
-  return meta.strides[div_4(dim)][mod_4(dim)];
+  return safe_idx(meta.strides[0], meta.strides[1], dim);
 }
 
 uint stride_at(const BufferMetadata meta, const uint dim) {
-  return meta.strides[div_4(dim)][mod_4(dim)];
+  return safe_idx(meta.strides[0], meta.strides[1], int(dim));
 }
 
 uint width(const BufferMetadata meta) {
@@ -164,11 +133,11 @@ uint height(const BufferMetadata meta) {
 }
 
 uint size_at(const BufferMetadata meta, const int dim) {
-  return meta.sizes[div_4(dim)][mod_4(dim)];
+  return safe_idx(meta.sizes[0], meta.sizes[1], dim);
 }
 
 uint size_at(const BufferMetadata meta, const uint dim) {
-  return meta.sizes[div_4(dim)][mod_4(dim)];
+  return safe_idx(meta.sizes[0], meta.sizes[1], int(dim));
 }
 
 bool are_equal(const BufferMetadata meta1, const BufferMetadata meta2) {
@@ -322,8 +291,8 @@ TensorIndex linear_idx_to_tensor_idx(
   int dim = int_ndim(meta);
   int i = 0;
   for (int d = max(dim - 1, 0); d >= 0; d--) {
-    uint dim_idx = meta.dim_order[div_4(d)][mod_4(d)];
-    uint dim_stride = meta.strides[div_4(dim_idx)][mod_4(dim_idx)];
+    uint dim_idx = dim_order_at(meta, d);
+    uint dim_stride = stride_at(meta, dim_idx);
 
     tidx.data[div_4(dim_idx)][mod_4(dim_idx)] = linear_idx / dim_stride;
     linear_idx = linear_idx % dim_stride;
@@ -424,7 +393,7 @@ TensorIndex4D texel_idx_to_tensor4d_idx(
   uint remaining = block_idx;
   [[unroll]] for (int d = 3; d >= 0; d--) {
     int dim_idx = extract_4b(hashed_layout, d);
-    uint dim_stride = meta.strides[0][dim_idx];
+    uint dim_stride = safe_idx(meta.strides[0], dim_idx);
     tidx.data[dim_idx] = int(remaining / dim_stride);
     remaining = remaining % dim_stride;
   }
@@ -562,7 +531,7 @@ uint tensor4d_idx_to_linear_idx(
     const TensorIndex4D tidx) {
   uint lin_idx = 0;
   for (int d = 0; d < 4; ++d) {
-    lin_idx += meta.strides[0][d] * tidx.data[d];
+    lin_idx += safe_idx(meta.strides[0], d) * tidx.data[d];
   }
   return lin_idx;
 }
@@ -637,7 +606,7 @@ int tensor4d_idx_to_block_idx(
   // Compute block-space linear index
   int block_idx = 0;
   [[unroll]] for (int d = 0; d < 4; ++d) {
-    block_idx += int(meta.strides[0][d]) * tidx.data[d];
+    block_idx += int(safe_idx(meta.strides[0], d)) * tidx.data[d];
   }
   return block_idx;
 }
@@ -732,10 +701,10 @@ int tensor_idx_to_block_idx(
   // Compute block-space linear index over all 8 dims
   int block_idx = 0;
   [[unroll]] for (int d = 0; d < 4; ++d) {
-    block_idx += int(meta.strides[0][d]) * int(tidx.data[0][d]);
+    block_idx += int(safe_idx(meta.strides[0], d)) * int(tidx.data[0][d]);
   }
   [[unroll]] for (int d = 0; d < 4; ++d) {
-    block_idx += int(meta.strides[1][d]) * int(tidx.data[1][d]);
+    block_idx += int(safe_idx(meta.strides[1], d)) * int(tidx.data[1][d]);
   }
   return block_idx;
 }
diff --git a/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/glsl/indexing_utils.h b/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/glsl/indexing_utils.h
index fdb6f514a3e..cbd2488017b 100644
--- a/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/glsl/indexing_utils.h
+++ b/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/glsl/indexing_utils.h
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 #ifndef INDEXING_UTILS_H
 #define INDEXING_UTILS_H
 
+#include "common.glslh"
+
 /*
  * The functions defined in this header file use the following shorthand to
  * represent tensor related data structures.
@@ -94,7 +96,7 @@ ivec4 tidx_to_nchwi(const ivec4 tidx, const ivec4 sizes, const int packed_dim) {
   int base_i = tidx.x * strides.x + tidx.y * strides.y + tidx.z * strides.z +
       tidx.w * strides.w;
 
-  return base_i + ivec4(0, 1, 2, 3) * strides[packed_dim];
+  return base_i + ivec4(0, 1, 2, 3) * safe_idx(strides, packed_dim);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -135,9 +137,10 @@ int tidx_to_nchwi(const ivec4 tidx, const ivec4 sizes) {
 ivec4 bufi_to_tidx(int bufi, const ivec4 strides, const ivec4 dim_order) {
   ivec4 idx;
   for (int i = 3; i >= 0; i--) {
-    int dim = dim_order[i];
-    idx[dim] = bufi / strides[dim];
-    bufi %= strides[dim];
+    int dim = safe_idx(dim_order, i);
+    int dim_stride = safe_idx(strides, dim);
+    idx[dim] = bufi / dim_stride;
+    bufi %= dim_stride;
   }
   return idx;
 }
@@ -148,8 +151,9 @@ ivec4 bufi_to_tidx(int bufi, const ivec4 strides, const ivec4 dim_order) {
 ivec4 contiguous_bufi_to_tidx(int bufi, const ivec4 strides) {
   ivec4 idx;
   for (int i = 3; i >= 0; i--) {
-    idx[i] = bufi / strides[i];
-    bufi %= strides[i];
+    int dim_stride = safe_idx(strides, i);
+    idx[i] = bufi / dim_stride;
+    bufi %= dim_stride;
   }
   return idx;
 }
@@ -165,15 +169,16 @@ ivec4 lpos_to_tidx(
     const int batch_inner_dim,
     const int packed_dim) {
   // Align packed dim to next multiple of 4 to account for texel padding
-  sizes[packed_dim] = alignup4(sizes[packed_dim]);
+  safe_set(sizes, packed_dim, alignup4(safe_idx(sizes, packed_dim)));
   // Moving 1 texel along the packed dim traverses 4 tensor elements
   lpos[packed_dim] *= 4;
 
   ivec4 tidx = ivec4(lpos, 0);
 
   if (sizes.w > 1) {
-    tidx.w = tidx[batch_inner_dim] / sizes[batch_inner_dim];
-    tidx[batch_inner_dim] %= sizes[batch_inner_dim];
+    int batch_inner_size = safe_idx(sizes, batch_inner_dim);
+    tidx.w = tidx[batch_inner_dim] / batch_inner_size;
+    tidx[batch_inner_dim] %= batch_inner_size;
   }
   return tidx;
 }
@@ -184,13 +189,13 @@ ivec3 tidx_to_lpos(
     const int batch_inner_dim,
     const int packed_dim) {
   // Align packed dim to next multiple of 4 to account for texel padding
-  sizes[packed_dim] = alignup4(sizes[packed_dim]);
+  safe_set(sizes, packed_dim, alignup4(safe_idx(sizes, packed_dim)));
 
   ivec3 lpos = tidx.xyz;
 
   // Adjust batch inner dim by batch index if needed
   if (sizes.w > 1) {
-    lpos[batch_inner_dim] += tidx.w * sizes[batch_inner_dim];
+    lpos[batch_inner_dim] += tidx.w * safe_idx(sizes, batch_inner_dim);
   }
   // Fast division by 4, since moving 1 texel along the packed dim traverses 4
   // tensor elements.
@@ -204,7 +209,7 @@ ivec3 tidx_to_pos(
     const ivec4 axis_map,
     const int packed_dim) {
   // Align packed dim to next multiple of 4 to account for texel padding
-  sizes[packed_dim] = alignup4(sizes[packed_dim]);
+  safe_set(sizes, packed_dim, alignup4(safe_idx(sizes, packed_dim)));
 
   ivec3 pos;
   for (int dim = 0; dim < 3; ++dim) {
@@ -213,11 +218,13 @@ ivec3 tidx_to_pos(
 
   // Adjust batch inner dim by batch index if needed
   if (sizes.w > 1) {
-    pos[axis_map[axis_map.w]] += tidx.w * sizes[axis_map.w];
+    int batch_inner_dim = axis_map.w;
+    pos[safe_idx(axis_map, batch_inner_dim)] +=
+        tidx.w * safe_idx(sizes, batch_inner_dim);
   }
   // Fast division by 4, since moving 1 texel along the packed dim traverses 4
   // tensor elements.
-  pos[axis_map[packed_dim]] >>= 2;
+  pos[safe_idx(axis_map, packed_dim)] >>= 2;
   return pos;
 }
 
diff --git a/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/glsl/nchw_to_bitw8_image_nobitw8buffer.glsl b/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/glsl/nchw_to_bitw8_image_nobitw8buffer.glsl
index 1a2c257baec..f4bbd064fc8 100644
--- a/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/glsl/nchw_to_bitw8_image_nobitw8buffer.glsl
+++ b/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/glsl/nchw_to_bitw8_image_nobitw8buffer.glsl
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ ivec4 read_texel(ivec4 tidx) {
   ivec4 out_tex = ivec4(0);
 
   [[unroll]] for (int i = 0; i < 4; ++i) {
-    if (tidx[packed_dim] + i < sizes[packed_dim]) {
+    if (tidx[packed_dim] + i < safe_idx(sizes, packed_dim)) {
       const int in_texel = nchw_in[buf_indices[i] >> 2];
       int extracted_val = (in_texel >> (8 * (buf_indices[i] & 3))) & mask;
       extracted_val = extend_sign(extracted_val);
diff --git a/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/glsl/pad_buffer.glsl b/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/glsl/pad_buffer.glsl
index 4b8d1558652..22d3adaa2de 100644
--- a/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/glsl/pad_buffer.glsl
+++ b/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/glsl/pad_buffer.glsl
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ void main() {
   // value that fails the out_of_bounds check below.
   TensorIndex in_tidx = out_tidx;
   [[unroll]] for (int d = 0; d < 4; d++) {
-    in_tidx.data[0][d] -= uint(pad_per_dim[d]);
+    in_tidx.data[0][d] -= uint(safe_idx(pad_per_dim, d));
   }
 
   if (out_of_bounds(in_tidx, inp)) {
diff --git a/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/glsl/reduce.yaml b/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/glsl/reduce.yaml
index 21a7132b8db..c2f1c78dfdd 100644
--- a/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/glsl/reduce.yaml
+++ b/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/glsl/reduce.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ reduce:
   shader_variants:
     - NAME: sum
     - NAME: mean
-      POSTPROCESS: (accum / tin_sizes[reduce_dim])
+      POSTPROCESS: (accum / safe_idx(tin_sizes, reduce_dim))
     - NAME: amax
       INIT_ACCUM: first_val
       UPDATE_ACCUM: max(accum, new_val)
diff --git a/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/glsl/reduce2d.yaml b/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/glsl/reduce2d.yaml
index fdc5eb9f105..967ba449986 100644
--- a/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/glsl/reduce2d.yaml
+++ b/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/glsl/reduce2d.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ reduce2d:
   shader_variants:
     - NAME: sum2d
     - NAME: mean2d
-      POSTPROCESS: (accum / (tin_sizes[reduce_dim1] * tin_sizes[reduce_dim2]))
+      POSTPROCESS: (accum / (safe_idx(tin_sizes, reduce_dim1) * safe_idx(tin_sizes, reduce_dim2)))
     - NAME: amax2d
       INIT_ACCUM: first_val
       UPDATE_ACCUM: max(accum, new_val)
diff --git a/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/glsl/var_buffer.glsl b/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/glsl/var_buffer.glsl
index 65e97ea1c9a..758395aa38c 100644
--- a/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/glsl/var_buffer.glsl
+++ b/backends/vulkan/runtime/graph/ops/glsl/var_buffer.glsl
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ void main() {
   shared_count[tid] = 0;
   barrier();
 
-  const int R = in_sizes[reduce_dim];
+  const int R = safe_idx(in_sizes, reduce_dim);
   const uint N = gl_WorkGroupSize[reduce_dim];
 
   // Each workgroup processes a contiguous chunk of the input tensor