diff --git a/libsolidity/codegen/YulUtilFunctions.cpp b/libsolidity/codegen/YulUtilFunctions.cpp
index 7d275e6f8..48daf3fa1 100644
--- a/libsolidity/codegen/YulUtilFunctions.cpp
+++ b/libsolidity/codegen/YulUtilFunctions.cpp
@@ -2576,7 +2576,30 @@ string YulUtilFunctions::updateStorageValueFunction(
 
 		auto const* toReferenceType = dynamic_cast<ReferenceType const*>(&_toType);
 		auto const* fromReferenceType = dynamic_cast<ReferenceType const*>(&_fromType);
-		solAssert(fromReferenceType && toReferenceType, "");
+		solAssert(toReferenceType, "");
+
+		if (!fromReferenceType)
+		{
+			solAssert(_fromType.category() == Type::Category::StringLiteral, "");
+			solAssert(toReferenceType->category() == Type::Category::Array, "");
+			auto const& toArrayType = dynamic_cast<ArrayType const&>(*toReferenceType);
+			solAssert(toArrayType.isByteArray(), "");
+
+			return Whiskers(R"(
+				function <functionName>(slot<?dynamicOffset>, offset</dynamicOffset>) {
+					<?dynamicOffset>if offset { <panic>() }</dynamicOffset>
+					let value := <copyLiteralToMemory>()
+					<copyToStorage>(slot, value)
+				}
+			)")
+			("functionName", functionName)
+			("dynamicOffset", !_offset.has_value())
+			("panic", panicFunction(PanicCode::Generic))
+			("copyLiteralToMemory", copyLiteralToMemoryFunction(dynamic_cast<StringLiteralType const&>(_fromType).value()))
+			("copyToStorage", copyArrayToStorageFunction(*TypeProvider::bytesMemory(), toArrayType))
+			.render();
+		}
+
 		solAssert(*toReferenceType->copyForLocation(
 			fromReferenceType->location(),
 			fromReferenceType->isPointer()
diff --git a/libsolidity/codegen/ir/IRGeneratorForStatements.cpp b/libsolidity/codegen/ir/IRGeneratorForStatements.cpp
index 300a6ed85..e0ec5e28a 100644
--- a/libsolidity/codegen/ir/IRGeneratorForStatements.cpp
+++ b/libsolidity/codegen/ir/IRGeneratorForStatements.cpp
@@ -1325,8 +1325,7 @@ void IRGeneratorForStatements::endVisit(FunctionCall const& _functionCall)
 				m_utils.storageArrayPushFunction(arrayType, &argument.type()) <<
 				"(" <<
 				IRVariable(_functionCall.expression()).commaSeparatedList() <<
-				", " <<
-				argument.commaSeparatedList() <<
+				(argument.stackSlots().empty() ? "" : (", " + argument.commaSeparatedList()))  <<
 				")\n";
 		}
 		break;
diff --git a/test/libsolidity/semanticTests/array/copying/storage_memory_nested_bytes.sol b/test/libsolidity/semanticTests/array/copying/storage_memory_nested_bytes.sol
index c0dd812ad..7ce90c5f2 100644
--- a/test/libsolidity/semanticTests/array/copying/storage_memory_nested_bytes.sol
+++ b/test/libsolidity/semanticTests/array/copying/storage_memory_nested_bytes.sol
@@ -9,5 +9,7 @@ contract C {
         return m;
     }
 }
+// ====
+// compileViaYul: also
 // ----
 // f() -> 0x20, 0x02, 0x40, 0x80, 3, 0x6162630000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000, 0x99, 44048183304486788312148433451363384677562265908331949128489393215789685032262, 32241931068525137014058842823026578386641954854143559838526554899205067598957, 49951309422467613961193228765530489307475214998374779756599339590522149884499, 0x54555658595a6162636465666768696a6b6c6d6e6f707172737475767778797a, 0x4142434445464748494a4b4c4d4e4f5051525354555658595a00000000000000
diff --git a/test/libsolidity/semanticTests/array/push/nested_bytes_push.sol b/test/libsolidity/semanticTests/array/push/nested_bytes_push.sol
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cee98fe63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/libsolidity/semanticTests/array/push/nested_bytes_push.sol
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+pragma abicoder               v2;
+contract C {
+    bytes[] a;
+
+    function f() public {
+        a.push("abc");
+        a.push("def");
+        assert(a[0][0] == "a");
+        assert(a[1][0] == "d");
+    }
+}
+// ====
+// compileViaYul: also
+// ----
+// f() ->
\ No newline at end of file