diff --git a/src/hb-cff-interp-cs-common.hh b/src/hb-cff-interp-cs-common.hh
index f40be51f0..28a777eb0 100644
--- a/src/hb-cff-interp-cs-common.hh
+++ b/src/hb-cff-interp-cs-common.hh
@@ -883,14 +883,12 @@ struct cs_interpreter_t : interpreter_t<ENV>
 
     unsigned max_ops = HB_CFF_MAX_OPS;
     for (;;) {
-      if (unlikely (!--max_ops))
+      OPSET::process_op (SUPER::env.fetch_op (), SUPER::env, param);
+      if (unlikely (SUPER::env.in_error () || !--max_ops))
       {
 	SUPER::env.set_error ();
-	break;
-      }
-      OPSET::process_op (SUPER::env.fetch_op (), SUPER::env, param);
-      if (unlikely (SUPER::env.in_error ()))
 	return false;
+      }
       if (SUPER::env.is_endchar ())
 	break;
     }