diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/backend/llvm/speculative-integers.test.ts b/packages/compiler/src/backend/llvm/speculative-integers.test.ts
index 132780937..ae9172298 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/backend/llvm/speculative-integers.test.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/backend/llvm/speculative-integers.test.ts
@@ -182,6 +182,9 @@ test("invariants may come from bindings no shadow could be written to", () => {
 test("loops that only count and compare keep one copy", () => {
   const counter = loop([increment("i")]);
   expect(planSpeculativeLoop(counter as never, all)).toBeNull();
+  // A product in the condition alone is not.
+  const bounded = loop([increment("i")], bin("<", ref("i"), bin("*", ref("n"), ref("scale"))));
+  expect(planSpeculativeLoop(bounded as never, all)).toBeNull();
   // A variable step (a sieve's `j += i`) is worth a copy.
   const sieve = loop([assign("i", bin("+", ref("i"), ref("step")))]);
   expect(planSpeculativeLoop(sieve as never, all)?.locals.has("i")).toBe(true);
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/backend/llvm/speculative-integers.ts b/packages/compiler/src/backend/llvm/speculative-integers.ts
index f3b75fb9a..cf1295fa2 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/backend/llvm/speculative-integers.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/backend/llvm/speculative-integers.ts
@@ -259,6 +259,9 @@ export function planSpeculativeLoop(
   // double forms cost the most. A loop whose integers only count and compare
   // gains nothing measurable from a second copy, so it keeps one.
   const multiplied = new Set<string>();
+  // A product in the condition alone (`i < Math.floor(n * scale)`) does not
+  // make the body's work integer.
+  let inCondition = false;
 
   const expr = (e: IrExpr): boolean => {
     if (rejected) return false;
@@ -272,7 +275,7 @@ export function planSpeculativeLoop(
     else if (e.kind === "bin" && CONSUMING_OPS.has(e.op)) {
       consume(e.left);
       consume(e.right);
-      if (e.op === "*" || e.op === "/" || e.op === "%")
+      if (!inCondition && (e.op === "*" || e.op === "/" || e.op === "%"))
         for (const operand of [e.left, e.right])
           if (operand.kind === "varRef") multiplied.add(operand.localId);
     } else if (e.kind === "arrayGet" || e.kind === "arrayHas" || e.kind === "arrayState")
@@ -321,7 +324,11 @@ export function planSpeculativeLoop(
     return everyStmtChild(s, expr, stmt);
   };
 
-  if (loop.cond) expr(loop.cond);
+  if (loop.cond) {
+    inCondition = true;
+    expr(loop.cond);
+    inCondition = false;
+  }
   if (loop.kind === "for" && loop.update) stmt(loop.update);
   for (const s of loop.body) stmt(s);
   if (rejected || nodes > MAX_LOOP_NODES) return null;
diff --git a/packages/compiler/test/ts7/baselines/order-parity/tests/corpus/speculative-integer-reads.ts.json b/packages/compiler/test/ts7/baselines/order-parity/tests/corpus/speculative-integer-reads.ts.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b05283134
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/compiler/test/ts7/baselines/order-parity/tests/corpus/speculative-integer-reads.ts.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+ "order": [
+  "<repo>/tests/corpus/speculative-integer-reads.ts"
+ ],
+ "diags": []
+}