diff --git a/src/x86/dumberdowner.c b/src/x86/dumberdowner.c
index 00916da..5006d89 100644
--- a/src/x86/dumberdowner.c
+++ b/src/x86/dumberdowner.c
@@ -333,6 +333,12 @@ static void dumben_visitor(AST **nptr, AST *stmt, AST *stmtPrev, AST *chu, AST *
 				mark_ptr(s->stmtAssign.what->exprUnOp.operand);
 				
 				this->effective = 1;
+			
+			} else if(s->stmtAssign.what && s->stmtAssign.what->nodeKind == AST_EXPR_VAR && s->stmtAssign.what->exprVar.thing->kind == SCOPEITEM_VAR && s->stmtAssign.to->nodeKind == AST_EXPR_CALL && is_xop(s->stmtAssign.to->exprCall.what) == XOP_NOT_XOP) {
+				
+				s->stmtAssign.to->exprCall.what = varify(tlc, chu, stmtPrev, s, s->stmtAssign.to->exprCall.what);
+				
+				this->effective = 1;
 				
 			} else if(s->stmtAssign.what && s->stmtAssign.what->nodeKind == AST_EXPR_VAR && s->stmtAssign.what->exprVar.thing->kind == SCOPEITEM_VAR && s->stmtAssign.to->nodeKind == AST_EXPR_CALL) {
 				ASTExprCall *call = &s->stmtAssign.to->exprCall;