diff --git a/ext/pcre/pcre2lib/pcre2_jit_compile.c b/ext/pcre/pcre2lib/pcre2_jit_compile.c
index 61aa019d10124..bd08cfcbad619 100644
--- a/ext/pcre/pcre2lib/pcre2_jit_compile.c
+++ b/ext/pcre/pcre2lib/pcre2_jit_compile.c
@@ -11152,7 +11152,7 @@ early_fail_type = (early_fail_ptr & 0x7);
 early_fail_ptr >>= 3;
 
 /* During recursion, these optimizations are disabled. */
-if (common->early_fail_start_ptr == 0)
+if (common->early_fail_start_ptr == 0 && common->fast_forward_bc_ptr == NULL)
   {
   early_fail_ptr = 0;
   early_fail_type = type_skip;