diff --git a/compiler/injectdestructors.nim b/compiler/injectdestructors.nim
index b28dd6ab5e..125f662e25 100644
--- a/compiler/injectdestructors.nim
+++ b/compiler/injectdestructors.nim
@@ -79,11 +79,11 @@ proc getTemp(c: var Con; s: var Scope; typ: PType; info: TLineInfo): PNode =
 proc nestedScope(parent: var Scope; body: PNode): Scope =
   Scope(vars: @[], locals: @[], wasMoved: @[], final: @[], body: body, needsTry: false, parent: addr(parent))
 
-proc p(n: PNode; c: var Con; s: var Scope; mode: ProcessMode; tmpFlags = {sfSingleUsedTemp}): PNode
+proc p(n: PNode; c: var Con; s: var Scope; mode: ProcessMode; tmpFlags = {sfSingleUsedTemp}; inReturn = false): PNode
 
 type
   MoveOrCopyFlag = enum
-    IsDecl, IsExplicitSink
+    IsDecl, IsExplicitSink, IsReturn
 
 proc moveOrCopy(dest, ri: PNode; c: var Con; s: var Scope; flags: set[MoveOrCopyFlag] = {}): PNode
 
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ proc deepAliases(dest, ri: PNode): bool =
 proc genSink(c: var Con; s: var Scope; dest, ri: PNode; flags: set[MoveOrCopyFlag] = {}): PNode =
   if (c.inLoopCond == 0 and (isUnpackedTuple(dest) or IsDecl in flags or
       (isAnalysableFieldAccess(dest, c.owner) and isFirstWrite(dest, c)))) or
-      isNoInit(dest):
+      isNoInit(dest) or IsReturn in flags:
     # optimize sink call into a bitwise memcopy
     result = newTree(nkFastAsgn, dest, ri)
   else:
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ proc pRaiseStmt(n: PNode, c: var Con; s: var Scope): PNode =
       result.add copyNode(n[0])
   s.needsTry = true
 
-proc p(n: PNode; c: var Con; s: var Scope; mode: ProcessMode; tmpFlags = {sfSingleUsedTemp}): PNode =
+proc p(n: PNode; c: var Con; s: var Scope; mode: ProcessMode; tmpFlags = {sfSingleUsedTemp}; inReturn = false): PNode =
   if n.kind in {nkStmtList, nkStmtListExpr, nkBlockStmt, nkBlockExpr, nkIfStmt,
                 nkIfExpr, nkCaseStmt, nkWhen, nkWhileStmt, nkParForStmt, nkTryStmt, nkPragmaBlock}:
     template process(child, s): untyped = p(child, c, s, mode)
@@ -948,7 +948,9 @@ proc p(n: PNode; c: var Con; s: var Scope; mode: ProcessMode; tmpFlags = {sfSing
         if n[0].kind in {nkDotExpr, nkCheckedFieldExpr}:
           cycleCheck(n, c)
         assert n[1].kind notin {nkAsgn, nkFastAsgn, nkSinkAsgn}
-        let flags = if n.kind == nkSinkAsgn: {IsExplicitSink} else: {}
+        var flags = if n.kind == nkSinkAsgn: {IsExplicitSink} else: {}
+        if inReturn:
+          flags.incl(IsReturn)
         result = moveOrCopy(p(n[0], c, s, mode), n[1], c, s, flags)
       elif isDiscriminantField(n[0]):
         result = c.genDiscriminantAsgn(s, n)
@@ -1032,7 +1034,7 @@ proc p(n: PNode; c: var Con; s: var Scope; mode: ProcessMode; tmpFlags = {sfSing
     of nkReturnStmt:
       result = shallowCopy(n)
       for i in 0..<n.len:
-        result[i] = p(n[i], c, s, mode)
+        result[i] = p(n[i], c, s, mode, inReturn=true)
       s.needsTry = true
     of nkCast:
       result = shallowCopy(n)