From 8e6fab307581088ab4731558414e1e243f4ba22f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yilou Wang <wangyilou123@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 15:30:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Delete orphaned gate expression when dist gating is skipped

---
 src/V3Randomize.cpp | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/V3Randomize.cpp b/src/V3Randomize.cpp
index 41d963b60..a50292ddc 100644
--- a/src/V3Randomize.cpp
+++ b/src/V3Randomize.cpp
@@ -4624,7 +4624,10 @@ class RandomizeVisitor final : public VNVisitor {
                             rmode.index);
             }
         });
-        if (alwaysActive || !gatep) return chainp;
+        if (alwaysActive || !gatep) {
+            if (gatep) VL_DO_DANGLING(pushDeletep(gatep), gatep);
+            return chainp;
+        }
 
         AstNodeExpr* unionExprp = nullptr;
         for (auto& bucket : buckets) {