diff --git a/src/Perl6/Optimizer.nqp b/src/Perl6/Optimizer.nqp
index 6d122777c49..20b1bedb07a 100644
--- a/src/Perl6/Optimizer.nqp
+++ b/src/Perl6/Optimizer.nqp
@@ -1114,15 +1114,15 @@ class Perl6::Optimizer {
         if ($optype eq 'p6for' || $optype eq 'p6forstmt') && $op.sunk && @($op) == 2 {
             my $reverse := 0;
             my $theop := $op[0];
-            if nqp::istype($theop, QAST::Stmts) {
-                $theop := $theop[0]
-            }
-            elsif nqp::istype($theop, QAST::Op)
+            if nqp::istype($theop, QAST::Op)
               && $theop.op   eq 'callmethod'
               && $theop.name eq 'reverse' {
                 $reverse := 1;
                 $theop := $theop[0];
             }
+            if nqp::istype($theop, QAST::Stmts) {
+                $theop := $theop[0]
+            }
 
             if nqp::istype($theop, QAST::Op)
             && nqp::existskey(%range_bounds, $theop.name)