Legendary Black Sabbath founding member and guitarist Tony Iommi has confirmed today that a lump that was recently found in his throat was not cancerous.

As recently as last month Iommi had been discussing the potential return of his lymphoma, which he was diagnose with in 2012, saying that the lump that was found was puzzling doctors, as they weren’t able to decipher if it was cancerous or not, until they operated on it. Iommi initially underwent treatment for the illness in January 2013.

Speaking to radio station Planet Rock, Iommi confirmed that he received the most recent good news on Christmas Day itself, telling the station “I had the treatment when I got back from [touring] South America […] I went in for the throat [operation]. They found a lump at the back of my sinus, in the throat, and we had to have it checked in case it may have been cancerous. But it turns out it wasn’t, which I found out on Christmas Day, which is brilliant.” When about his current condition, Iommi was chipper, declaring“So far [I’m all good]. I daren’t say that – I’ll probably fall down the stairs now!”