diff --git a/pkg/compiler/codegen.go b/pkg/compiler/codegen.go
index 4b7c3f2d2..90f4d62c9 100644
--- a/pkg/compiler/codegen.go
+++ b/pkg/compiler/codegen.go
@@ -708,6 +708,7 @@ func (c *codegen) Visit(node ast.Node) ast.Visitor {
 			numArgs   = len(n.Args)
 			isBuiltin bool
 			isFunc    bool
+			isLiteral bool
 		)
 
 		switch fun := n.Fun.(type) {
@@ -746,6 +747,8 @@ func (c *codegen) Visit(node ast.Node) ast.Visitor {
 			ast.Walk(c, n.Args[0])
 			c.emitConvert(stackitem.BufferT)
 			return nil
+		case *ast.FuncLit:
+			isLiteral = true
 		}
 
 		c.saveSequencePoint(n)
@@ -798,6 +801,9 @@ func (c *codegen) Visit(node ast.Node) ast.Visitor {
 				c.emitLoadVar("", name)
 				emit.Opcode(c.prog.BinWriter, opcode.CALLA)
 			}
+		case isLiteral:
+			ast.Walk(c, n.Fun)
+			emit.Opcode(c.prog.BinWriter, opcode.CALLA)
 		case isSyscall(f):
 			c.convertSyscall(n, f.pkg.Name(), f.name)
 		default:
diff --git a/pkg/compiler/lambda_test.go b/pkg/compiler/lambda_test.go
index d9ab32613..f3e7132a7 100644
--- a/pkg/compiler/lambda_test.go
+++ b/pkg/compiler/lambda_test.go
@@ -13,3 +13,16 @@ func TestFuncLiteral(t *testing.T) {
 	}`
 	eval(t, src, big.NewInt(5))
 }
+
+func TestCallInPlace(t *testing.T) {
+	src := `package foo
+	var a int = 1
+	func Main() int {
+		func() {
+			a += 10
+		}()
+		a += 100
+		return a
+	}`
+	eval(t, src, big.NewInt(111))
+}