diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/c/assign.v b/vlib/v/gen/c/assign.v
index f45f40deaf..d59affa85f 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/c/assign.v
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/c/assign.v
@@ -625,12 +625,13 @@ fn (mut g Gen) gen_cross_var_assign(node &ast.AssignStmt) {
 			ast.Ident {
 				left_typ := node.left_types[i]
 				left_sym := g.table.sym(left_typ)
+				anon_ctx := if g.anon_fn { '$closure_ctx->' } else { '' }
 				if left_sym.kind == .function {
 					g.write_fn_ptr_decl(left_sym.info as ast.FnType, '_var_$left.pos.pos')
-					g.writeln(' = ${c_name(left.name)};')
+					g.writeln(' = $anon_ctx${c_name(left.name)};')
 				} else {
 					styp := g.typ(left_typ)
-					g.writeln('$styp _var_$left.pos.pos = ${c_name(left.name)};')
+					g.writeln('$styp _var_$left.pos.pos = $anon_ctx${c_name(left.name)};')
 				}
 			}
 			ast.IndexExpr {
diff --git a/vlib/v/tests/assign_literal_with_closure_test.v b/vlib/v/tests/assign_literal_with_closure_test.v
index 597b48226e..1fc5f209b5 100644
--- a/vlib/v/tests/assign_literal_with_closure_test.v
+++ b/vlib/v/tests/assign_literal_with_closure_test.v
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ fn sma(period int) fn (f64) f64 {
 		}
 
 		sum += input - storage[i]
-		storage[i] = input
-		i = (i + 1) % period
+		storage[i], i = input, (i + 1) % period
 		return sum / f64(storage.len)
 	}
 }