diff --git a/src/poetry/mixology/version_solver.py b/src/poetry/mixology/version_solver.py
index fe95e6925fb..0c2ea0a7596 100644
--- a/src/poetry/mixology/version_solver.py
+++ b/src/poetry/mixology/version_solver.py
@@ -378,8 +378,9 @@ def _get_min(dependency: Dependency) -> tuple[bool, int]:
                             if version.version != locked.version:
                                 version = None
                             break
-            with suppress(IndexError):
-                version = version or packages[0]
+            if version is None:
+                with suppress(IndexError):
+                    version = packages[0]
 
             if version is None:
                 # If there are no versions that satisfy the constraint,