diff --git a/otherarch/sdcpp/clip.hpp b/otherarch/sdcpp/clip.hpp
index d1a7c02f7..cdc27e727 100644
--- a/otherarch/sdcpp/clip.hpp
+++ b/otherarch/sdcpp/clip.hpp
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ public:
 
     void set_clip_skip(int skip) {
         if (skip <= 0) {
-            skip = -1;
+            return;
         }
         clip_skip = skip;
     }