diff --git a/compiler/noirc_evaluator/src/ssa/opt/constant_folding.rs b/compiler/noirc_evaluator/src/ssa/opt/constant_folding.rs
index c81a557178b..62204ed93bd 100644
--- a/compiler/noirc_evaluator/src/ssa/opt/constant_folding.rs
+++ b/compiler/noirc_evaluator/src/ssa/opt/constant_folding.rs
@@ -745,15 +745,17 @@ impl ResultCache {
         has_side_effects: bool,
     ) -> Option<CacheResult> {
         self.result.as_ref().and_then(|(origin_block, results)| {
+            if has_side_effects {
+                return None
+            }
+
             if dom.dominates(*origin_block, block) {
                 Some(CacheResult::Cached(results))
-            } else if !has_side_effects {
+            } else {
                 // Insert a copy of this instruction in the common dominator
                 let dominator = dom.common_dominator(*origin_block, block);
                 Some(CacheResult::NeedToHoistToCommonBlock(dominator))
-            } else {
-                None
-            }
+            } 
         })
     }
 }