diff --git a/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/music/layout/compactheader/HideCategoryBar.kt b/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/music/layout/compactheader/HideCategoryBar.kt
index b0021b966..2128722e7 100644
--- a/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/music/layout/compactheader/HideCategoryBar.kt
+++ b/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/music/layout/compactheader/HideCategoryBar.kt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package app.revanced.patches.music.layout.compactheader
 import app.revanced.patcher.extensions.InstructionExtensions.addInstructions
 import app.revanced.patcher.extensions.InstructionExtensions.getInstruction
 import app.revanced.patcher.patch.bytecodePatch
+import app.revanced.util.findFreeRegister
 import com.android.tools.smali.dexlib2.iface.instruction.OneRegisterInstruction
 
 @Suppress("unused")
@@ -17,13 +18,14 @@ val hideCategoryBar = bytecodePatch(
         constructCategoryBarFingerprint.method.apply {
             val insertIndex = constructCategoryBarFingerprint.patternMatch!!.startIndex
             val register = getInstruction<OneRegisterInstruction>(insertIndex - 1).registerA
+            val freeRegister = findFreeRegister(insertIndex, register)
 
             addInstructions(
                 insertIndex,
                 """
-                    const/16 v2, 0x8
-                    invoke-virtual {v$register, v2}, Landroid/view/View;->setVisibility(I)V
-                """,
+                    const/16 v$freeRegister, 0x8
+                    invoke-virtual { v$register, v$freeRegister }, Landroid/view/View;->setVisibility(I)V
+                """
             )
         }
     }