diff --git a/dynasm/dasm_s390x.lua b/dynasm/dasm_s390x.lua
index b3cda6ff..0c1263c5 100644
--- a/dynasm/dasm_s390x.lua
+++ b/dynasm/dasm_s390x.lua
@@ -329,11 +329,6 @@ local function split_memop(arg)
   if b then
     return 0, parse_reg(x), parse_reg(b)
   end
-  -- Assuming that only displacement is passed, as either digit or label "45 or  label1"
-  -- local d = match(arg,"[%w_]+")
-  -- if d then 
-  --   return d, 0, 0
-  -- end
   local reg, tailr = match(arg, "^([%w_:]+)%s*(.*)$")
   if reg then
     local r, tp = parse_reg(reg)
@@ -341,6 +336,11 @@ local function split_memop(arg)
       return format(tp.ctypefmt, tailr), 0, r
     end
   end
+  -- Assuming that only displacement is passed, as either digit or label "45 or  label1"
+  local d = match(arg,"[%w_]+")
+  if d then 
+    return d, 0, 0
+  end
   -- TODO: handle values without registers?
   -- TODO: handle registers without a displacement? -- done, above ,needs to be tested
   werror("bad memory operand: "..arg)