diff --git a/model/riscv_insts_zfa.sail b/model/riscv_insts_zfa.sail
index 5f9f713d4..1443daf3d 100644
--- a/model/riscv_insts_zfa.sail
+++ b/model/riscv_insts_zfa.sail
@@ -747,7 +747,8 @@ function fcvtmod_helper(x64) = {
     /* Raise FP exception flags, honoring the precedence of nV > nX */
     let max_integer = if sign == 0b1 then unsigned(0x80000000)
                                      else unsigned(0x7fffffff);
-    let flags : bits(5) = if (true_exp > 31 | unsigned(integer) > max_integer) then nvFlag()
+    let flags : bits(5) = if true_exp > 31 then nvFlag()
+                     else if unsigned(integer) > max_integer then nvFlag()
                      else if (fractional != zeros()) then nxFlag()
                      else                            zeros();