diff --git a/pkg/compiler/func_scope.go b/pkg/compiler/func_scope.go
index 5e2534287..672b839ef 100644
--- a/pkg/compiler/func_scope.go
+++ b/pkg/compiler/func_scope.go
@@ -162,7 +162,6 @@ func (c *codegen) countLocalsInline(decl *ast.FuncDecl, pkg *types.Package, f *f
 		switch n := n.(type) {
 		case *ast.CallExpr:
 			size += c.countLocalsCall(n, pkg)
-			return false
 		case *ast.FuncType:
 			num := n.Results.NumFields()
 			if num != 0 && len(n.Results.List[0].Names) != 0 {
diff --git a/pkg/compiler/inline_test.go b/pkg/compiler/inline_test.go
index eeb9bfe3a..4c814cf26 100644
--- a/pkg/compiler/inline_test.go
+++ b/pkg/compiler/inline_test.go
@@ -209,6 +209,15 @@ func TestInlineGlobalVariable(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestInlineVariadicInInlinedCall(t *testing.T) {
+	src := `package foo
+		import "github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/compiler/testdata/inline"
+		func Main() int {
+			return inline.SumSquared(inline.SumVar(3, 4) - 2, 3)
+		}`
+	eval(t, src, big.NewInt(64))
+}
+
 func TestInlineConversion(t *testing.T) {
 	src1 := `package foo
 	import "github.com/nspcc-dev/neo-go/pkg/compiler/testdata/inline"
diff --git a/pkg/compiler/testdata/inline/inline.go b/pkg/compiler/testdata/inline/inline.go
index c319c6b1d..62aaf2c79 100644
--- a/pkg/compiler/testdata/inline/inline.go
+++ b/pkg/compiler/testdata/inline/inline.go
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ func VarSum(a int, b ...int) int {
 	return sum
 }
 
+func SumVar(a, b int) int {
+	return VarSum(a, b)
+}
+
 func Concat(n int) int {
 	return n*100 + b.A*10 + A
 }