diff --git a/src/cmd/gc/sinit.c b/src/cmd/gc/sinit.c
index 3ef914a60e..8798d2136b 100644
--- a/src/cmd/gc/sinit.c
+++ b/src/cmd/gc/sinit.c
@@ -302,18 +302,18 @@ staticcopy(Node *l, Node *r, NodeList **out)
 			n1.type = e->expr->type;
 			if(e->expr->op == OLITERAL)
 				gdata(&n1, e->expr, n1.type->width);
-			else if(staticassign(&n1, e->expr, out)) {
-				// Done
-			} else {
-				// Requires computation, but we're
-				// copying someone else's computation.
+			else {
 				ll = nod(OXXX, N, N);
 				*ll = n1;
-				rr = nod(OXXX, N, N);
-				*rr = *orig;
-				rr->type = ll->type;
-				rr->xoffset += e->xoffset;
-				*out = list(*out, nod(OAS, ll, rr));
+				if(!staticassign(ll, e->expr, out)) {
+					// Requires computation, but we're
+					// copying someone else's computation.
+					rr = nod(OXXX, N, N);
+					*rr = *orig;
+					rr->type = ll->type;
+					rr->xoffset += e->xoffset;
+					*out = list(*out, nod(OAS, ll, rr));
+				}
 			}
 		}
 		return 1;
@@ -407,12 +407,11 @@ staticassign(Node *l, Node *r, NodeList **out)
 			n1.type = e->expr->type;
 			if(e->expr->op == OLITERAL)
 				gdata(&n1, e->expr, n1.type->width);
-			else if(staticassign(&n1, e->expr, out)) {
-				// done
-			} else {
+			else {
 				a = nod(OXXX, N, N);
 				*a = n1;
-				*out = list(*out, nod(OAS, a, e->expr));
+				if(!staticassign(a, e->expr, out))
+					*out = list(*out, nod(OAS, a, e->expr));
 			}
 		}
 		return 1;
diff --git a/test/fixedbugs/bug382.dir/pkg.go b/test/fixedbugs/bug382.dir/pkg.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f8d75d4541
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixedbugs/bug382.dir/pkg.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// Copyright 2011 The Go Authors.  All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package pkg
+type T struct {}
+var E T
diff --git a/test/fixedbugs/bug382.go b/test/fixedbugs/bug382.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6212fbf507
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixedbugs/bug382.go
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// $G $D/$F.dir/pkg.go && $G $D/$F.go || echo "Bug 382"
+
+// Issue 2529
+
+package main
+import "./pkg"
+
+var x = pkg.E
+
+var fo = struct {F pkg.T}{F: x}