diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4bace86a6..b69fe0b70 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
  - Bump upload and delete artifact actions
  - Fix synthesis-unfriendly constructs
  - Fix vector slicing bug in operand requesters
+ - Fix the iteration_cnt_d update even when result_queue is full
 
 ### Added
 
diff --git a/hardware/src/masku/masku.sv b/hardware/src/masku/masku.sv
index 1ea497dc4..10e091520 100644
--- a/hardware/src/masku/masku.sv
+++ b/hardware/src/masku/masku.sv
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ module masku import ara_pkg::*; import rvv_pkg::*; #(
 
   // iteration count for masked instrctions
   always_comb begin
-    if (vinsn_issue_valid && (&masku_operand_alu_valid || &masku_operand_vs2_seq_valid)) begin
+    if (vinsn_issue_valid && (&masku_operand_alu_valid || &masku_operand_vs2_seq_valid) && !result_queue_full) begin
       iteration_count_d = iteration_count_q + 1'b1;
     end else begin
       iteration_count_d = iteration_count_q;