diff --git a/drama/src/rev-mc.c b/drama/src/rev-mc.c
index c9f72b4..c11eb4d 100644
--- a/drama/src/rev-mc.c
+++ b/drama/src/rev-mc.c
@@ -315,7 +315,6 @@ uint64_t find_row_mask(std::vector<set_t> &sets, std::vector<uint64_t> fn_masks,
   next_mask:
     row_mask = next_bit_permutation(row_mask);
   }
-  return row_mask;
 
   // super hackish way to recover the real row mask
   for (auto m : fn_masks) {
@@ -327,6 +326,7 @@ uint64_t find_row_mask(std::vector<set_t> &sets, std::vector<uint64_t> fn_masks,
   verbose_printerr("[LOG] - Row mask: 0x%0lx \t\t bits: %s\n", row_mask,
                    bit_string(row_mask));
   printf("0x%lx\n", row_mask);
+  return row_mask;
 }
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------