diff --git a/pkg/compiler/codegen.go b/pkg/compiler/codegen.go
index e5c8b7e32..7f1b33eeb 100644
--- a/pkg/compiler/codegen.go
+++ b/pkg/compiler/codegen.go
@@ -287,23 +287,24 @@ func (c *codegen) Visit(node ast.Node) ast.Visitor {
 			switch t := spec.(type) {
 			case *ast.ValueSpec:
 				for _, id := range t.Names {
+					c.scope.newLocal(id.Name)
 					c.registerDebugVariable(id.Name, t.Type)
 				}
 				if len(t.Values) != 0 {
 					for i, val := range t.Values {
 						ast.Walk(c, val)
-						l := c.scope.newLocal(t.Names[i].Name)
+						l := c.scope.loadLocal(t.Names[i].Name)
 						c.emitStoreLocal(l)
 					}
 				} else if c.isCompoundArrayType(t.Type) {
 					emit.Opcode(c.prog.BinWriter, opcode.PUSH0)
 					emit.Opcode(c.prog.BinWriter, opcode.NEWARRAY)
-					l := c.scope.newLocal(t.Names[0].Name)
+					l := c.scope.loadLocal(t.Names[0].Name)
 					c.emitStoreLocal(l)
 				} else if n, ok := c.isStructType(t.Type); ok {
 					emit.Int(c.prog.BinWriter, int64(n))
 					emit.Opcode(c.prog.BinWriter, opcode.NEWSTRUCT)
-					l := c.scope.newLocal(t.Names[0].Name)
+					l := c.scope.loadLocal(t.Names[0].Name)
 					c.emitStoreLocal(l)
 				}
 			}