diff --git a/arch/mips/math-emu/cp1emu.c b/arch/mips/math-emu/cp1emu.c
index cd0f6c06147c..18ea0b076818 100644
--- a/arch/mips/math-emu/cp1emu.c
+++ b/arch/mips/math-emu/cp1emu.c
@@ -1354,7 +1354,8 @@ branch_common:
 				return SIGILL;
 
 			/* a real fpu computation instruction */
-			if ((sig = fpu_emu(xcp, ctx, ir)))
+			sig = fpu_emu(xcp, ctx, ir);
+			if (sig)
 				return sig;
 		}
 		break;