diff --git a/src/spicelib/devices/asrc/asrcset.c b/src/spicelib/devices/asrc/asrcset.c
index 71a65b685..2194bcf04 100644
--- a/src/spicelib/devices/asrc/asrcset.c
+++ b/src/spicelib/devices/asrc/asrcset.c
@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@ Author: 1987 Kanwar Jit Singh
 #include "ngspice/suffix.h"
 
 
+#define TSTALLOC(ptr, first, second)                                    \
+    do {                                                                \
+        if ((here->ptr = SMPmakeElt(matrix, first, second)) == NULL)    \
+            return(E_NOMEM);                                            \
+    } while(0)
+
+
 /* load the voltage source structure with those
  * pointers needed later for fast matrix loading
  */
@@ -43,25 +50,6 @@ ASRCsetup(SMPmatrix *matrix, GENmodel *inModel, CKTcircuit *ckt, int *states)
             if (!here->ASRCreciproctcGiven)
                 here->ASRCreciproctc = 0;
 
-            if (here->ASRCtype == ASRC_VOLTAGE)
-                if (here->ASRCbranch == 0) {
-                    error = CKTmkCur(ckt, &tmp, here->ASRCname, "branch");
-                    if (error)
-                        return(error);
-                    here->ASRCbranch = tmp->number;
-                }
-
-/* macro to make elements with built in test for out of memory */
-#define TSTALLOC(ptr, first, second)                                    \
-            do { if ((here->ptr = SMPmakeElt(matrix, first, second)) == NULL) { \
-                    return(E_NOMEM);                                    \
-                } } while(0)
-
-#define MY_TSTALLOC(ptr, first, second)                                 \
-            do { if ((here->ptr = SMPmakeElt(matrix, here->first, (second)->number)) == NULL) { \
-                    return(E_NOMEM);                                    \
-                } } while(0)
-
             switch (here->ASRCtype) {
             case ASRC_VOLTAGE:
                 j = 4 + here->ASRCtree->numVars;
@@ -77,9 +65,18 @@ ASRCsetup(SMPmatrix *matrix, GENmodel *inModel, CKTcircuit *ckt, int *states)
 
             /* For each controlling variable set the entries
                in the vector of the positions of the SMP */
+
             j = 0;
+
             if (here->ASRCtype == ASRC_VOLTAGE) {
 
+                if (here->ASRCbranch == 0) {
+                    error = CKTmkCur(ckt, &tmp, here->ASRCname, "branch");
+                    if (error)
+                        return(error);
+                    here->ASRCbranch = tmp->number;
+                }
+
                 TSTALLOC(ASRCposptr[j++], here->ASRCposNode, here->ASRCbranch);
                 TSTALLOC(ASRCposptr[j++], here->ASRCnegNode, here->ASRCbranch);
                 TSTALLOC(ASRCposptr[j++], here->ASRCbranch,  here->ASRCnegNode);