diff --git a/tcg/optimize.c b/tcg/optimize.c
index 8111c120af..04ec6fdcef 100644
--- a/tcg/optimize.c
+++ b/tcg/optimize.c
@@ -1773,7 +1773,7 @@ static bool fold_extract2(OptContext *ctx, TCGOp *op)
         }
         return tcg_opt_gen_movi(ctx, op, op->args[0], v1 | v2);
     }
-    return false;
+    return finish_folding(ctx, op);
 }
 
 static bool fold_exts(OptContext *ctx, TCGOp *op)