{
                        if (width_hint < 0)
                                detectSignWidth(width_hint, sign_hint);
+                       is_signed = sign_hint;
 
                        RTLIL::SigSpec cond = children[0]->genRTLIL();
                        RTLIL::SigSpec sig;
-                       if (cond.is_fully_const()) {
+
+                       if (cond.is_fully_def())
+                       {
                                if (cond.as_bool()) {
                                        sig = children[1]->genRTLIL(width_hint, sign_hint);
-                                       widthExtend(this, sig, sig.size(), children[1]->is_signed);
-                               }
-                               else {
+                                       log_assert(is_signed == children[1]->is_signed);
+                               } else {
                                        sig = children[2]->genRTLIL(width_hint, sign_hint);
-                                       widthExtend(this, sig, sig.size(), children[2]->is_signed);
+                                       log_assert(is_signed == children[2]->is_signed);
                                }
+
+                               widthExtend(this, sig, sig.size(), is_signed);
                        }
-                       else {
+                       else
+                       {
                                RTLIL::SigSpec val1 = children[1]->genRTLIL(width_hint, sign_hint);
                                RTLIL::SigSpec val2 = children[2]->genRTLIL(width_hint, sign_hint);
 
                                        cond = uniop2rtlil(this, ID($reduce_bool), 1, cond, false);
 
                                int width = max(val1.size(), val2.size());
-                               is_signed = children[1]->is_signed && children[2]->is_signed;
+                               log_assert(is_signed == children[1]->is_signed);
+                               log_assert(is_signed == children[2]->is_signed);
                                widthExtend(this, val1, width, is_signed);
                                widthExtend(this, val2, width, is_signed);