diff --git a/src/llvm_backend_stmt.cpp b/src/llvm_backend_stmt.cpp
index 125913ac5..0d6f8a136 100644
--- a/src/llvm_backend_stmt.cpp
+++ b/src/llvm_backend_stmt.cpp
@@ -2303,6 +2303,7 @@ gb_internal void lb_build_stmt(lbProcedure *p, Ast *node) {
 							lb_add_entity(p->module, e, val);
 							lb_add_debug_local_variable(p, val.value, e->type, e->token);
 							lvals_preused[lval_index] = true;
+							lvals[lval_index] = *comp_lit_addr;
 						}
 					}
 				}