diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/Decompiler/src/decompile/cpp/emulate.cc b/Ghidra/Features/Decompiler/src/decompile/cpp/emulate.cc
index cbb0522f31..b26bf24d83 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Features/Decompiler/src/decompile/cpp/emulate.cc
+++ b/Ghidra/Features/Decompiler/src/decompile/cpp/emulate.cc
@@ -413,6 +413,8 @@ void EmulatePcodeCache::executeBranch(void)
       fallthruOp();
     else if ((current_op < 0)||(current_op >= opcache.size()))
       throw LowlevelError("Bad intra-instruction branch");
+    else
+      establishOp();
   }
   else
     setExecuteAddress(destaddr);