diff --git a/libsolidity/codegen/ir/IRGeneratorForStatements.cpp b/libsolidity/codegen/ir/IRGeneratorForStatements.cpp
index e0ec5e28a..5bf3e1714 100644
--- a/libsolidity/codegen/ir/IRGeneratorForStatements.cpp
+++ b/libsolidity/codegen/ir/IRGeneratorForStatements.cpp
@@ -111,19 +111,15 @@ private:
 		solUnimplementedAssert(varDecl, "");
 		string const& suffix = reference.suffix;
 
-		if (suffix.empty() && !varDecl->isStateVariable())
+		string value;
+		if (suffix.empty() && varDecl->isLocalVariable())
 		{
 			auto const& var = m_context.localVariable(*varDecl);
 			solAssert(var.type().sizeOnStack() == 1, "");
 
-			return yul::Identifier{
-				_identifier.location,
-				yul::YulString{var.commaSeparatedList()}
-			};
+			value = var.commaSeparatedList();
 		}
-
-		string value;
-		if (varDecl->isConstant())
+		else if (varDecl->isConstant())
 		{
 			VariableDeclaration const* variable = rootConstVariableDeclaration(*varDecl);
 			solAssert(variable, "");
diff --git a/test/libsolidity/semanticTests/constants/asm_constant_file_level.sol b/test/libsolidity/semanticTests/constants/asm_constant_file_level.sol
index 4f9076463..3f28c075d 100644
--- a/test/libsolidity/semanticTests/constants/asm_constant_file_level.sol
+++ b/test/libsolidity/semanticTests/constants/asm_constant_file_level.sol
@@ -5,5 +5,7 @@ contract C {
     assembly { z := e }
   }
 }
+// ====
+// compileViaYul: also
 // ----
 // f() -> 0x1212121212121212121212121000002134593163