diff --git a/frontends/verific/verific.cc b/frontends/verific/verific.cc
index b0d789d8f..4f4fbcb74 100644
--- a/frontends/verific/verific.cc
+++ b/frontends/verific/verific.cc
@@ -2951,6 +2951,9 @@ struct VerificPass : public Pass {
 			RuntimeFlags::SetVar("db_infer_wide_operators", 1);
 			RuntimeFlags::SetVar("db_infer_set_reset_registers", 0);
 
+			// Properly respect order of read and write for rams
+			RuntimeFlags::SetVar("db_change_inplace_ram_blocking_write_before_read", 1);
+
 			RuntimeFlags::SetVar("veri_extract_dualport_rams", 0);
 			RuntimeFlags::SetVar("veri_extract_multiport_rams", 1);
 			RuntimeFlags::SetVar("veri_allow_any_ram_in_loop", 1);