diff --git a/target/mips/tcg/translate.c b/target/mips/tcg/translate.c
index 5cd3e7d8dd..47c967acbf 100644
--- a/target/mips/tcg/translate.c
+++ b/target/mips/tcg/translate.c
@@ -4958,8 +4958,9 @@ static void gen_goto_tb(DisasContext *ctx, int n, target_ulong dest)
         if (ctx->base.singlestep_enabled) {
             save_cpu_state(ctx, 0);
             gen_helper_raise_exception_debug(cpu_env);
+        } else {
+            tcg_gen_lookup_and_goto_ptr();
         }
-        tcg_gen_lookup_and_goto_ptr();
     }
 }