diff --git a/bochs/cpu/event.cc b/bochs/cpu/event.cc
index 46fb86aeb..5adfb24af 100644
--- a/bochs/cpu/event.cc
+++ b/bochs/cpu/event.cc
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ void BX_CPU_C::inhibit_interrupts(unsigned mask)
 {
   // Loading of SS disables interrupts until the next instruction completes
   // but only under assumption that previous instruction didn't load SS also.
-  if (! interrupts_inhibited(BX_INHIBIT_INTERRUPTS_BY_MOVSS)) {
+  if (mask != BX_INHIBIT_INTERRUPTS_BY_MOVSS || ! interrupts_inhibited(BX_INHIBIT_INTERRUPTS_BY_MOVSS)) {
     BX_DEBUG(("inhibit interrupts mask = %d", mask));
     BX_CPU_THIS_PTR inhibit_mask = mask;
     BX_CPU_THIS_PTR inhibit_icount = get_icount() + 1; // inhibit for next instruction