diff --git a/python/triton/compiler.py b/python/triton/compiler.py
index 82e8168aa..7eb30cb8e 100644
--- a/python/triton/compiler.py
+++ b/python/triton/compiler.py
@@ -1416,7 +1416,8 @@ def compile(fn, **kwargs):
         path = fn_cache_manager._make_path(f"{name}.{ir}")
         if ir == ext:
             next_module = parse(fn)
-        elif os.path.exists(path) and\
+        elif os.path.exists(path) and \
+                ir in metadata["ctime"] and \
                 os.path.getctime(path) == metadata["ctime"][ir]:
             next_module = parse(path)
         else: