diff --git a/kernel/arm/zdot.c b/kernel/arm/zdot.c
index a9f46dde7..ba0e57eb5 100644
--- a/kernel/arm/zdot.c
+++ b/kernel/arm/zdot.c
@@ -48,11 +48,12 @@ OPENBLAS_COMPLEX_FLOAT CNAME(BLASLONG n, FLOAT *x, BLASLONG inc_x, FLOAT *y, BLA
 
 	dot[0]=0.0;
 	dot[1]=0.0;
-/*
+#if !defined(__PPC__)
 	CREAL(result) = 0.0 ;
 	CIMAG(result) = 0.0 ;
-*/
+#else
 	result = OPENBLAS_MAKE_COMPLEX_FLOAT(0.0,0.0);
+#endif
 	if ( n < 1 )  return(result);
 
 	inc_x2 = 2 * inc_x ;
@@ -72,9 +73,12 @@ OPENBLAS_COMPLEX_FLOAT CNAME(BLASLONG n, FLOAT *x, BLASLONG inc_x, FLOAT *y, BLA
 		i++ ;
 
 	}
-      /*CREAL(result) = dot[0];
-	CIMAG(result) = dot[1];*/
+#if !defined(__POWER__)	
+        CREAL(result) = dot[0];
+	CIMAG(result) = dot[1];
+#else
 	result = OPENBLAS_MAKE_COMPLEX_FLOAT(dot[0],dot[1]);
+#endif
 	return(result);
 
 }