diff --git a/src/frontend/inp.c b/src/frontend/inp.c
index 5c873e064..4d9a8743e 100644
--- a/src/frontend/inp.c
+++ b/src/frontend/inp.c
@@ -882,6 +882,10 @@ inp_spsource(FILE *fp, bool comfile, char *filename, bool intfile)
                 else
                     fprintf(stderr, "Warning: Cannot open file debug-out2.txt for saving debug info\n");
             }
+
+            /* handle .if ... .elseif ... .else ... .endif statements. */
+            dotifeval(deck);
+
             for (dd = deck; dd; dd = dd->nextcard) {
                 /* get csparams and create vectors, being
                    available in .control section, in plot 'const' */
@@ -902,9 +906,6 @@ inp_spsource(FILE *fp, bool comfile, char *filename, bool intfile)
                 }
             }
 
-            /* handle .if ... .elseif ... .else ... .endif statements. */
-            dotifeval(deck);
-
             /* merge the two option line structs
                com_options (comfile == TRUE, filled in from spinit, .spiceinit, and *ng_sript), and
                options (comfile == FALSE, filled in from circuit with .OPTIONS)