Problem when blanking out cells containing circular reference

Hello, I have a spreadsheet containing cells that contain a circular reference. I've also added the functionality to blank out these cells using IF(*criteria to blank*, "", *value if false*). The criteria to blank depends on a number I've entered into another cell.

I am having a problem where if I blank out these cells, and then unblank them, I get a #VALUE! error from the cells with circular references. However, if I go back into these cells, click the formula, and press enter, the cell will fix itself and the correct number will be displayed again. If there a way I can skip doing this and have the cells automatically populate themselves? Pressing F9 does not fix this problem. Thank you.