diff --git a/src/tt.cpp b/src/tt.cpp
index b8fe7567..0b2bf9e9 100644
--- a/src/tt.cpp
+++ b/src/tt.cpp
@@ -118,6 +118,9 @@ void TranspositionTable::clear() {
 /// TTEntry t2 if its replace value is greater than that of t2.
 
 TTEntry* TranspositionTable::probe(const Key key, bool& found) const {
+#if defined(EVAL_LEARN)
+  return found = false, first_entry(0);
+#else
 
   TTEntry* const tte = first_entry(key);
   const uint16_t key16 = key >> 48;  // Use the high 16 bits as key inside the cluster
@@ -142,6 +145,7 @@ TTEntry* TranspositionTable::probe(const Key key, bool& found) const {
           replace = &tte[i];
 
   return found = false, replace;
+#endif
 }