diff --git a/extensions/native/recursion/src/fri/two_adic_pcs.rs b/extensions/native/recursion/src/fri/two_adic_pcs.rs
index e261b29c9f..c5e7f7ef87 100644
--- a/extensions/native/recursion/src/fri/two_adic_pcs.rs
+++ b/extensions/native/recursion/src/fri/two_adic_pcs.rs
@@ -200,16 +200,17 @@ pub fn verify_two_adic_pcs<C: Config>(
                             let ps_at_z = builder.get(&mat_values, l);
 
                             builder.cycle_tracker_start("single-reduced-opening-eval");
-
                             if builder.flags.static_only {
+                                let n: Ext<C::F, C::EF> = builder.constant(C::EF::ZERO);
                                 builder.range(0, ps_at_z.len()).for_each(|t, builder| {
                                     let p_at_x = builder.get(&mat_opening, t);
                                     let p_at_z = builder.get(&ps_at_z, t);
-                                    let quotient = (p_at_z - p_at_x) / (z - x);
+                                    // let quotient = (p_at_z - p_at_x) / (z - x);
 
-                                    builder.assign(&cur_ro, cur_ro + cur_alpha_pow * quotient);
+                                    builder.assign(&n, cur_alpha_pow * (p_at_z - p_at_x) + n);
                                     builder.assign(&cur_alpha_pow, cur_alpha_pow * alpha);
                                 });
+                                builder.assign(&cur_ro, cur_ro + n / (z - x));
                             } else {
                                 let mat_ro = builder.fri_single_reduced_opening_eval(
                                     alpha,