diff --git a/js/js.inliner/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/inline/clean/TemporaryVariableElimination.kt b/js/js.inliner/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/inline/clean/TemporaryVariableElimination.kt
index bca0b7921bb..4a9f5b9e5d3 100644
--- a/js/js.inliner/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/inline/clean/TemporaryVariableElimination.kt
+++ b/js/js.inliner/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/inline/clean/TemporaryVariableElimination.kt
@@ -130,6 +130,9 @@ internal class TemporaryVariableElimination(private val function: JsFunction) {
                             temporary += name
                         }
                     }
+                    else {
+                        super.visitExpressionStatement(x)
+                    }
                     return
                 }
                 super.visitExpressionStatement(x)
diff --git a/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/test/optimizer/TemporaryVariableEliminationTest.kt b/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/test/optimizer/TemporaryVariableEliminationTest.kt
index 00fd61afdaf..cc4b1315d4b 100644
--- a/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/test/optimizer/TemporaryVariableEliminationTest.kt
+++ b/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/test/optimizer/TemporaryVariableEliminationTest.kt
@@ -40,4 +40,6 @@ class TemporaryVariableEliminationTest : BasicOptimizerTest("temporary-variable"
     @Test fun innerExpressionProcessed() = box()
 
     @Test fun transitiveNotConsideredTrivial() = box()
+
+    @Test fun assignmentToNonLocal() = box()
 }
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diff --git a/js/js.translator/testData/js-optimizer/temporary-variable/assignmentToNonLocal.optimized.js b/js/js.translator/testData/js-optimizer/temporary-variable/assignmentToNonLocal.optimized.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6129dc7799a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/js.translator/testData/js-optimizer/temporary-variable/assignmentToNonLocal.optimized.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+var result = "";
+
+function box() {
+    var $tmp;
+    $tmp = result;
+    result += "fail";
+    result = $tmp + "OK";
+    return result;
+}
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diff --git a/js/js.translator/testData/js-optimizer/temporary-variable/assignmentToNonLocal.original.js b/js/js.translator/testData/js-optimizer/temporary-variable/assignmentToNonLocal.original.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6129dc7799a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/js.translator/testData/js-optimizer/temporary-variable/assignmentToNonLocal.original.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+var result = "";
+
+function box() {
+    var $tmp;
+    $tmp = result;
+    result += "fail";
+    result = $tmp + "OK";
+    return result;
+}
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