diff --git a/loopy/kernel/creation.py b/loopy/kernel/creation.py
index d672991a81befdee1775770a9805bf1cacd3f3aa..97a4771c13ea0b2fd1e38ee348a867b19aa61ab9 100644
--- a/loopy/kernel/creation.py
+++ b/loopy/kernel/creation.py
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ def parse_instructions(instructions, defines):
             obj = insn_options_stack.pop()
             #if this object is the end of an if statement
             if obj['predicates'] == if_predicates_stack[-1]["insn_predicates"] and\
-                if_predicates_stack[-1]:
+                if_predicates_stack[-1]["insn_predicates"]:
                 if_predicates_stack.pop()
             continue