diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2025-12-21-00-25-26.gh-issue-139109.gwSsOL.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2025-12-21-00-25-26.gh-issue-139109.gwSsOL.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..17cceac4e09057
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2025-12-21-00-25-26.gh-issue-139109.gwSsOL.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add missing terminator in certain cases when tracing in the new JIT compiler.
diff --git a/Python/optimizer.c b/Python/optimizer.c
index 16abced6edbeec..1adc3e92582963 100644
--- a/Python/optimizer.c
+++ b/Python/optimizer.c
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ _PyJit_translate_single_bytecode_to_trace(
     }
 
     if (!_tstate->jit_tracer_state.prev_state.dependencies_still_valid) {
-        goto done;
+        goto full;
     }
 
     // This happens when a recursive call happens that we can't trace. Such as Python -> C -> Python calls