diff --git a/kernel/mips/dscal_msa.c b/kernel/mips/dscal_msa.c
index 2e41d8bef..e95f0a655 100644
--- a/kernel/mips/dscal_msa.c
+++ b/kernel/mips/dscal_msa.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ int CNAME(BLASLONG n, BLASLONG dummy0, BLASLONG dummy1, FLOAT da, FLOAT *x,
 
     if (1 == inc_x)
     {
-        if (0.0 == da)
+        if (0)     //if (0.0 == da )
         {
             v2f64 zero_v = {0.0, 0.0};
 
@@ -243,9 +243,11 @@ int CNAME(BLASLONG n, BLASLONG dummy0, BLASLONG dummy1, FLOAT da, FLOAT *x,
         if (da == 0.0)
         {
             for (i = n; i--;)
-            {
-                *x = 0.0;
-
+            {         
+                if (isfinite(*x))
+                          *x = 0.0;
+                else
+                          *x = NAN;
                 x += inc_x;
             }
         }