diff --git a/lib/coffee_script/nodes.js b/lib/coffee_script/nodes.js
index 275dd044..892a6e8a 100644
--- a/lib/coffee_script/nodes.js
+++ b/lib/coffee_script/nodes.js
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@
           i = __b[1];
         }
         access_class = this.variable.is_array() ? IndexNode : AccessorNode;
-        obj instanceof SplatNode ? (val = new LiteralNode(obj.compile_value(o, val_var, this.variable.base.objects.indexOf(obj)))) : (val = new ValueNode(val_var, [new access_class(new LiteralNode(i))]));
+        obj instanceof SplatNode ? (val = new LiteralNode(obj.compile_value(o, val_var, this.variable.base.objects.indexOf(obj)))) : (val = new ValueNode(new LiteralNode(val_var), [new access_class(new LiteralNode(i))]));
         assigns.push(new AssignNode(obj, val).compile(o));
       }
       return assigns.join("\n");
diff --git a/src/nodes.coffee b/src/nodes.coffee
index ee262cc5..6031f754 100644
--- a/src/nodes.coffee
+++ b/src/nodes.coffee
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ AssignNode: exports.AssignNode: inherit Node, {
       if obj instanceof SplatNode
         val: new LiteralNode(obj.compile_value(o, val_var, @variable.base.objects.indexOf(obj)))
       else
-        val: new ValueNode(val_var, [new access_class(new LiteralNode(i))])
+        val: new ValueNode(new LiteralNode(val_var), [new access_class(new LiteralNode(i))])
       assigns.push(new AssignNode(obj, val).compile(o))
     assigns.join("\n")