diff --git a/basis/compiler/cfg/intrinsics/fixnum/fixnum.factor b/basis/compiler/cfg/intrinsics/fixnum/fixnum.factor
index ab7fc65eb2..68ee7489f8 100644
--- a/basis/compiler/cfg/intrinsics/fixnum/fixnum.factor
+++ b/basis/compiler/cfg/intrinsics/fixnum/fixnum.factor
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ IN: compiler.cfg.intrinsics.fixnum
         stop-iterating
     ] [
         drop call
+        ##branch
         begin-basic-block
         iterate-next
     ] if ; inline