diff --git a/compiler/injectdestructors.nim b/compiler/injectdestructors.nim
index 1d73e4ee11..4a17dd7015 100644
--- a/compiler/injectdestructors.nim
+++ b/compiler/injectdestructors.nim
@@ -787,6 +787,12 @@ template handleNestedTempl(n, processCall: untyped, willProduceStmt = false,
     result = nil
     assert(false)
 
+  if willProduceStmt:
+    # The value is now produced by statements in the branches. Keeping the
+    # control-flow node's expression type would make code generators allocate
+    # a second, unused destination for it.
+    result.typ = nil
+
 proc pRaiseStmt(n: PNode, c: var Con; s: var Scope): PNode =
   if optOwnedRefs in c.graph.config.globalOptions and n[0].kind != nkEmpty:
     if n[0].kind in nkCallKinds:
diff --git a/tests/ccgbugs/t26119.nim b/tests/ccgbugs/t26119.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0ead6520ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ccgbugs/t26119.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+discard """
+  targets: "c cpp"
+  matrix: "--mm:refc; --mm:orc"
+  ccodeCheck: "\\i !@('W T' \\d+ '_;')"
+"""
+
+type W {.exportc.} = object
+  data: array[1000, byte]
+  items: seq[int]
+
+# bug #26119: assigning a try expression directly to the result must not leave
+# an unused temporary of the result type in the generated procedure.
+proc y(): W {.exportc.} =
+  try:
+    default(W)
+  except CatchableError:
+    default(W)
+
+var v = y()
+doAssert v.data[0] == 0 and v.items.len == 0