diff --git a/src/vm/interp/vm_tgc_c.cpp b/src/vm/interp/vm_tgc_c.cpp
index f1ba0c5..b1fceab 100644
--- a/src/vm/interp/vm_tgc_c.cpp
+++ b/src/vm/interp/vm_tgc_c.cpp
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ private:
         // execute instruction
         try {
         {
-            int32_t new_pc = *(X+rs1) + (int16_t)sext<12>(imm);
+            int32_t new_pc = (*(X+rs1) + (int16_t)sext<12>(imm)) & ~ 1;
             if(new_pc % traits::INSTR_ALIGNMENT) {
                 raise(0,  0);
             }