diff --git a/kernel/mips/cscal_msa.c b/kernel/mips/cscal_msa.c
index 451d0c921..7a33d8601 100644
--- a/kernel/mips/cscal_msa.c
+++ b/kernel/mips/cscal_msa.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ int CNAME(BLASLONG n, BLASLONG dummy0, BLASLONG dummy1, FLOAT da_r, FLOAT da_i,
 
     if (1 == inc_x)
     {
-        if ((0.0 == da_r) && (0.0 == da_i))
+        if ((0.0 == da_r) && (0.0 == da_i) && !dummy2)
         {
             v4f32 zero_v = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
 
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ int CNAME(BLASLONG n, BLASLONG dummy0, BLASLONG dummy1, FLOAT da_r, FLOAT da_i,
     {
         inc_x2 = 2 * inc_x;
 
-        if ((0.0 == da_r) && (0.0 == da_i))
+        if ((0.0 == da_r) && (0.0 == da_i) && !dummy2)
         {
             for (i = n; i--;)
             {
diff --git a/kernel/mips/zscal.c b/kernel/mips/zscal.c
index ae1c87fce..8a34180f5 100644
--- a/kernel/mips/zscal.c
+++ b/kernel/mips/zscal.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ int CNAME(BLASLONG n, BLASLONG dummy0, BLASLONG dummy1, FLOAT da_r,FLOAT da_i, F
 	{
 		if ( da_r == 0.0 )
 		{
-			if ( da_i == 0.0 )
+			if ( da_i == 0.0 && !dummy2)
 			{
 				temp = 0.0;
 				x[ip+1] = 0.0 ;
diff --git a/kernel/mips/zscal_msa.c b/kernel/mips/zscal_msa.c
index a45c3cecd..f644cbbd5 100644
--- a/kernel/mips/zscal_msa.c
+++ b/kernel/mips/zscal_msa.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ int CNAME(BLASLONG n, BLASLONG dummy0, BLASLONG dummy1, FLOAT da_r, FLOAT da_i,
 
     if (1 == inc_x)
     {
-        if ((0.0 == da_r) && (0.0 == da_i))
+        if ((0.0 == da_r) && (0.0 == da_i) && !dummy2)
         {
             v2f64 zero_v = {0.0, 0.0};
 
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ int CNAME(BLASLONG n, BLASLONG dummy0, BLASLONG dummy1, FLOAT da_r, FLOAT da_i,
     {
         inc_x2 = 2 * inc_x;
 
-        if ((0.0 == da_r) && (0.0 == da_i))
+        if ((0.0 == da_r) && (0.0 == da_i) && !dummy2)
         {
             v2f64 zero_v = {0.0, 0.0};