diff --git a/core/frontend/frontend.sv b/core/frontend/frontend.sv
index fb22d219f..15c6fe8d8 100644
--- a/core/frontend/frontend.sv
+++ b/core/frontend/frontend.sv
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ module frontend import ariane_pkg::*; #(
       // unconditional jumps with known target -> immediately resolved
       assign is_jump[i] = instruction_valid[i] & (rvi_jump[i] | rvc_jump[i]);
       // unconditional jumps with unknown target -> BTB
-      assign is_jalr[i] = instruction_valid[i] & ~is_return[i] & ~is_call[i] & (rvi_jalr[i] | rvc_jalr[i] | rvc_jr[i]);
+      assign is_jalr[i] = instruction_valid[i] & ~is_return[i] & (rvi_jalr[i] | rvc_jalr[i] | rvc_jr[i]);
     end
 
     // taken/not taken