diff --git a/frontends/verific/verific.cc b/frontends/verific/verific.cc
index 886c28093..59ee7ea03 100644
--- a/frontends/verific/verific.cc
+++ b/frontends/verific/verific.cc
@@ -3692,15 +3692,15 @@ struct VerificPass : public Pass {
 			break;
 		}
 
-#ifdef VERIFIC_SYSTEMVERILOG_SUPPORT
-		if (GetSize(args) > argidx && args[argidx] == "-set_vhdl_default_library_path") {
-			for (argidx++; argidx < GetSize(args); argidx++) {
 #ifdef VERIFIC_VHDL_SUPPORT
+		if (GetSize(args) > argidx && args[argidx] == "-set_vhdl_default_library_path") {
+			for (argidx++; argidx < GetSize(args); argidx++)
 				vhdl_file::SetDefaultLibraryPath(args[argidx].c_str());
-#endif
-			}
 			goto check_error;
 		}
+#endif
+
+#ifdef VERIFIC_SYSTEMVERILOG_SUPPORT
 		if (GetSize(args) > argidx && (args[argidx] == "-f" || args[argidx] == "-F"))
 		{
 			unsigned verilog_mode = veri_file::UNDEFINED;