1. A method comprising: loading a compound instruction into a holding stage of a pipeline, the holding stage prior to an execution stage of the pipeline; stalling the compound instruction in the holding stage in response to the compound instruction encountering a pipeline hazard; executing the compound instruction by an execution logic circuit to generate results while the compound instruction is stalled in the holding stage; and after executing the compound instruction, holding the compound instruction in the holding stage until the pipeline hazard is removed.