diff --git a/mach/vc4/as/mach5.c b/mach/vc4/as/mach5.c
index a2227fd5e..de2bda2ad 100644
--- a/mach/vc4/as/mach5.c
+++ b/mach/vc4/as/mach5.c
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ static void branch_addcmp_common(quad opcode, int bits, struct expr_t* expr)
 	quad type = expr->typ & S_TYP;
 	int d;
 
-	if (type != DOTTYP)
+	if ((pass>0) && (type != DOTTYP))
 		serror("can't use this type of branch to jump outside the section");
 
 	/* The VC4 branch instructions express distance in 2-byte