diff --git a/passes/fsm/fsm_recode.cc b/passes/fsm/fsm_recode.cc
index 5102d833..e1bde728 100644
--- a/passes/fsm/fsm_recode.cc
+++ b/passes/fsm/fsm_recode.cc
@@ -57,13 +57,13 @@ static void fsm_recode(RTLIL::Cell *cell, RTLIL::Module *module, FILE *fm_set_fs
 
 	log("Recoding FSM `%s' from module `%s' using `%s' encoding:\n", cell->name.c_str(), module->name.c_str(), encoding.c_str());
 
-	if (encoding != "none" && encoding != "one-hot" && encoding != "binary" && encoding != "auto") {
+	if (encoding != "none" && encoding != "user" && encoding != "one-hot" && encoding != "binary" && encoding != "auto") {
 		log("  unknown encoding `%s': using auto instead.\n", encoding.c_str());
 		encoding = "auto";
 	}
 
-	if (encoding == "none") {
-		log("  nothing to do for encoding `none'.\n");
+	if (encoding == "none" || encoding == "user") {
+		log("  nothing to do for encoding `%s'.\n", encoding.c_str());
 		return;
 	}