diff --git a/doc/changelog.rst b/doc/changelog.rst
index 316d27b2a..fd558726f 100644
--- a/doc/changelog.rst
+++ b/doc/changelog.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ Changelog
 New
 ~~~
 
+- Non-number exponents for the ``pow()`` function
+  are now supported in Taylor integrators
+  (`#454 <https://github.com/bluescarni/heyoka/pull/454>`__).
 - It is now possible to initialise a Taylor integrator
   with an empty initial state vector. This will result
   in zero-initialization of the state vector
diff --git a/src/math/pow.cpp b/src/math/pow.cpp
index 7a7d7fa62..cad561728 100644
--- a/src/math/pow.cpp
+++ b/src/math/pow.cpp
@@ -550,9 +550,7 @@ llvm::Value *taylor_diff_pow_impl(llvm_state &s, llvm::Type *fp_t, const pow_imp
     auto *div = llvm_fmul(s, ord_f, b0);
 
     // Compute and return the result: ret_acc / div.
-    auto *ret = llvm_fdiv(s, ret_acc, div);
-
-    return ret;
+    return llvm_fdiv(s, ret_acc, div);
 }
 
 // LCOV_EXCL_START