diff --git a/matlab/dsge_likelihood.m b/matlab/dsge_likelihood.m
index 4c663458b8158b205cbd19e890444b2724cdcb9e..21e17e57d3f67e8d4570124edd1ec4b0380c3e5e 100644
--- a/matlab/dsge_likelihood.m
+++ b/matlab/dsge_likelihood.m
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ switch DynareOptions.lik_init
     Pinf  = [];
     a = zeros(mm,1);
     Zflag = 0;
-  case options_.lik_init == 5            % Old diffuse Kalman filter only for the non stationary variables
+  case 5            % Old diffuse Kalman filter only for the non stationary variables
     [eigenvect, eigenv] = eig(T);
     eigenv = diag(eigenv);
     nstable = length(find(abs(abs(eigenv)-1) > 1e-7));