diff --git a/thunder/core/jit_ext.py b/thunder/core/jit_ext.py
index f8ca3adba1..4b7935b3c7 100644
--- a/thunder/core/jit_ext.py
+++ b/thunder/core/jit_ext.py
@@ -1691,6 +1691,16 @@ def thunder_general_jit(
 
     bind_inputs("computation", computation_trace, pro_to_comp_proxies)
     if epilogue_trace:
+        l = len(epilogue_trace.bound_symbols)
+        if l == 0:
+            epilogue_trace = None
+        elif l == 1:
+            (r,) = epilogue_trace.bound_symbols
+            assert r.sym == prims.python_return
+            epilogue_trace = None
+
+    if epilogue_trace:
+        print(epilogue_trace)
         bind_inputs("epilogue", epilogue_trace, pro_to_epi_proxies + comp_to_epi_proxies)
 
     # Returns a new swapmap dictionary which has the keys (ctx._proxy_swapmap.key() & variableify(proxies))