diff --git a/enzyme/Enzyme/JLInstSimplify.cpp b/enzyme/Enzyme/JLInstSimplify.cpp
index 9b243ba6304c..df161223fc5e 100644
--- a/enzyme/Enzyme/JLInstSimplify.cpp
+++ b/enzyme/Enzyme/JLInstSimplify.cpp
@@ -113,9 +113,9 @@ bool jlInstSimplify(llvm::Function &F, TargetLibraryInfo &TLI,
             for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
               Value *start = (i == 0) ? lhsv : rhsv;
               Instruction *starti = dyn_cast<Instruction>(start);
-              if (!isa<Argument>(start))
-                continue;
               if (!starti) {
+                if (!isa<Argument>(start))
+                  continue;
                 starti = &cast<Argument>(start)
                               ->getParent()
                               ->getEntryBlock()