diff --git a/libsolidity/codegen/ir/IRGeneratorForStatements.cpp b/libsolidity/codegen/ir/IRGeneratorForStatements.cpp
index 88f3e7263..98a8fd294 100644
--- a/libsolidity/codegen/ir/IRGeneratorForStatements.cpp
+++ b/libsolidity/codegen/ir/IRGeneratorForStatements.cpp
@@ -241,6 +241,10 @@ void IRGeneratorForStatements::initializeStateVar(VariableDeclaration const& _va
 			return;
 
 		_varDecl.value()->accept(*this);
+
+		Type const* rightIntermediateType = _varDecl.value()->annotation().type->closestTemporaryType(_varDecl.type());
+		solAssert(rightIntermediateType, "");
+		IRVariable value = convert(*_varDecl.value(), *rightIntermediateType);
 		writeToLValue(
 			_varDecl.immutable() ?
 			IRLValue{*_varDecl.annotation().type, IRLValue::Immutable{&_varDecl}} :
@@ -248,7 +252,7 @@ void IRGeneratorForStatements::initializeStateVar(VariableDeclaration const& _va
 				util::toCompactHexWithPrefix(m_context.storageLocationOfStateVariable(_varDecl).first),
 				m_context.storageLocationOfStateVariable(_varDecl).second
 			}},
-			*_varDecl.value()
+			value
 		);
 	}
 	catch (langutil::UnimplementedFeatureError const& _error)
diff --git a/test/libsolidity/semanticTests/array/copying/bytes_storage_to_memory.sol b/test/libsolidity/semanticTests/array/copying/bytes_storage_to_memory.sol
index 13932a2cc..2e39b1405 100644
--- a/test/libsolidity/semanticTests/array/copying/bytes_storage_to_memory.sol
+++ b/test/libsolidity/semanticTests/array/copying/bytes_storage_to_memory.sol
@@ -5,5 +5,7 @@ contract C {
     return data[0];
   }
 }
+// ====
+// compileViaYul: also
 // ----
 // f() -> "a"
diff --git a/test/libsolidity/semanticTests/array/inline_array_storage_to_memory_conversion_strings.sol b/test/libsolidity/semanticTests/array/inline_array_storage_to_memory_conversion_strings.sol
index fa9f24a7a..a6ad1e32e 100644
--- a/test/libsolidity/semanticTests/array/inline_array_storage_to_memory_conversion_strings.sol
+++ b/test/libsolidity/semanticTests/array/inline_array_storage_to_memory_conversion_strings.sol
@@ -8,5 +8,7 @@ contract C {
     }
 }
 
+// ====
+// compileViaYul: also
 // ----
 // f() -> 0x40, 0x80, 0x3, "ray", 0x2, "mi"