diff --git a/src/spicelib/analysis/cktop.c b/src/spicelib/analysis/cktop.c
index 26f5c354f..84318b760 100644
--- a/src/spicelib/analysis/cktop.c
+++ b/src/spicelib/analysis/cktop.c
@@ -41,14 +41,13 @@ CKTop (CKTcircuit * ckt, long int firstmode, long int continuemode,
         /* gtri - end - wbk - add convergence problem reporting flags */
 #endif
         converged = NIiter (ckt, iterlim);
+        if (converged == 0)
+            return converged;   /* successfull */
     } else {
         converged = 1;          /* the 'go directly to gmin stepping' option */
     }
 
 
-    if (converged == 0)
-        return converged;
-
         /* no convergence on the first try, so we do something else */
         /* first, check if we should try gmin stepping */