diff --git a/target/mips/internal.h b/target/mips/internal.h
index 9a7698019e279e156dd165c48545015a240058de..1048781bcf443bdf3ed6172486894132b3188530 100644
--- a/target/mips/internal.h
+++ b/target/mips/internal.h
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ static inline void compute_hflags(CPUMIPSState *env)
             env->hflags |= MIPS_HFLAG_COP1X;
         }
     }
-    if (env->insn_flags & ASE_MSA) {
+    if (ase_msa_available(env)) {
         if (env->CP0_Config5 & (1 << CP0C5_MSAEn)) {
             env->hflags |= MIPS_HFLAG_MSA;
         }