diff --git a/translator/src/main/kotlin/org/kotlinnative/translator/BlockCodegen.kt b/translator/src/main/kotlin/org/kotlinnative/translator/BlockCodegen.kt
index f6391305c5d..ede35f2888e 100644
--- a/translator/src/main/kotlin/org/kotlinnative/translator/BlockCodegen.kt
+++ b/translator/src/main/kotlin/org/kotlinnative/translator/BlockCodegen.kt
@@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ abstract class BlockCodegen(val state: TranslationState, val variableManager: Va
 
         when (assignExpression) {
             is LLVMVariable -> {
-                if (assignExpression.pointer == 0) {
+                if (assignExpression.pointer < 2) {
                     val allocVar = variableManager.receiveVariable(identifier, assignExpression.type, LLVMRegisterScope(), pointer = 0)
                     codeBuilder.allocStackVar(allocVar)
                     allocVar.pointer++
diff --git a/translator/src/test/kotlin/tests/input/variables_assigment_1.txt b/translator/src/test/kotlin/tests/input/variables_assigment_1.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..065f58fb725
--- /dev/null
+++ b/translator/src/test/kotlin/tests/input/variables_assigment_1.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+variables_assigment_1_Int(56789) == 56789
diff --git a/translator/src/test/kotlin/tests/kotlin/variables_assigment_1.kt b/translator/src/test/kotlin/tests/kotlin/variables_assigment_1.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2306ec0805c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/translator/src/test/kotlin/tests/kotlin/variables_assigment_1.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+fun variables_assigment_1(x: Int): Int {
+    var z = x
+    z++
+    return x
+}
+