diff --git a/vlib/v/ast/scope.v b/vlib/v/ast/scope.v
index fa304e07fc..672b3b173a 100644
--- a/vlib/v/ast/scope.v
+++ b/vlib/v/ast/scope.v
@@ -8,12 +8,13 @@ import v.table
 pub struct Scope {
 pub mut:
 	// mut:
-	objects       map[string]ScopeObject
-	struct_fields []ScopeStructField
-	parent        &Scope
-	children      []&Scope
-	start_pos     int
-	end_pos       int
+	objects              map[string]ScopeObject
+	struct_fields        []ScopeStructField
+	parent               &Scope
+	detached_from_parent bool
+	children             []&Scope
+	start_pos            int
+	end_pos              int
 }
 
 pub fn new_scope(parent &Scope, start_pos int) &Scope {
@@ -23,13 +24,17 @@ pub fn new_scope(parent &Scope, start_pos int) &Scope {
 	}
 }
 
+fn (s &Scope) dont_lookup_parent() bool {
+	return isnil(s.parent) || s.detached_from_parent
+}
+
 pub fn (s &Scope) find_with_scope(name string) ?(ScopeObject, &Scope) {
 	mut sc := s
 	for {
 		if name in sc.objects {
 			return sc.objects[name], sc
 		}
-		if isnil(sc.parent) {
+		if sc.dont_lookup_parent() {
 			break
 		}
 		sc = sc.parent
@@ -42,7 +47,7 @@ pub fn (s &Scope) find(name string) ?ScopeObject {
 		if name in sc.objects {
 			return sc.objects[name]
 		}
-		if isnil(sc.parent) {
+		if sc.dont_lookup_parent() {
 			break
 		}
 	}
@@ -56,7 +61,7 @@ pub fn (s &Scope) find_struct_field(struct_type table.Type, field_name string) ?
 				return field
 			}
 		}
-		if isnil(sc.parent) {
+		if sc.dont_lookup_parent() {
 			break
 		}
 	}
@@ -141,7 +146,7 @@ pub fn (mut s Scope) register(obj ScopeObject) {
 
 pub fn (s &Scope) outermost() &Scope {
 	mut sc := s
-	for !isnil(sc.parent) {
+	for !sc.dont_lookup_parent() {
 		sc = sc.parent
 	}
 	return sc
diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/tests/fn_var.out b/vlib/v/checker/tests/fn_var.out
index ad42c57e6b..ace817b996 100644
--- a/vlib/v/checker/tests/fn_var.out
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/tests/fn_var.out
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ vlib/v/checker/tests/fn_var.vv:4:5: error: cannot assign to `p`: expected `&fn (
     3 | mut p := &f
     4 | p = &[f]
       |     ^
-    5 | f = fn(mut a []int) {}
-vlib/v/checker/tests/fn_var.vv:5:5: error: cannot assign to `f`: expected `fn (int) byte`, not `fn (mut []int)`
-    3 | mut p := &f
-    4 | p = &[f]
-    5 | f = fn(mut a []int) {}
-      |     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+    5 | i := 0
+    6 | println(i)
+vlib/v/checker/tests/fn_var.vv:7:31: error: undefined ident: `i`
+    5 | i := 0
+    6 | println(i)
+    7 | f = fn(mut a []int) { println(i) }
+      |                               ^
diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/tests/fn_var.vv b/vlib/v/checker/tests/fn_var.vv
index a8049c34d7..c94a872672 100644
--- a/vlib/v/checker/tests/fn_var.vv
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/tests/fn_var.vv
@@ -2,4 +2,6 @@ mut f := fn(i int) byte {}
 f = 4
 mut p := &f
 p = &[f]
-f = fn(mut a []int) {}
+i := 0
+println(i)
+f = fn(mut a []int) { println(i) }
diff --git a/vlib/v/parser/fn.v b/vlib/v/parser/fn.v
index 8ac35a5186..4e6407dfdc 100644
--- a/vlib/v/parser/fn.v
+++ b/vlib/v/parser/fn.v
@@ -447,6 +447,7 @@ fn (mut p Parser) anon_fn() ast.AnonFn {
 		return ast.AnonFn{}
 	}
 	p.open_scope()
+	p.scope.detached_from_parent = true
 	// TODO generics
 	args, _, is_variadic := p.fn_args()
 	for arg in args {