diff --git a/src/V3LinkDot.cpp b/src/V3LinkDot.cpp
index b294a4a54f..e1aac7722b 100644
--- a/src/V3LinkDot.cpp
+++ b/src/V3LinkDot.cpp
@@ -3298,12 +3298,14 @@ class LinkDotResolveVisitor final : public VNVisitor {
         }
 
         if (nodep->name() == "local::") {
-            if (!m_randSymp && !m_ds.m_unresolvedClass) {
-                // m_randSymp is not set in the 1st pass of V3LinkDot
-                // if randomize is called on a parameterized class
-                nodep->v3error("Illegal 'local::' outside 'randomize() with'"
-                               " (IEEE 1800-2023 18.7.1)");
-                m_ds.m_dotErr = true;
+            if (!m_randSymp) {
+                if (!m_ds.m_unresolvedClass) {
+                    // m_randSymp is not set in the 1st pass of V3LinkDot
+                    // if randomize is called on a parameterized class
+                    nodep->v3error("Illegal 'local::' outside 'randomize() with'"
+                                   " (IEEE 1800-2023 18.7.1)");
+                    m_ds.m_dotErr = true;
+                }
                 return;
             }
         }