diff --git a/compiler/injectdestructors.nim b/compiler/injectdestructors.nim
index b0fa733982..ce9164058a 100644
--- a/compiler/injectdestructors.nim
+++ b/compiler/injectdestructors.nim
@@ -1164,7 +1164,7 @@ proc moveOrCopy(dest, ri: PNode; c: var Con; s: var Scope, flags: set[MoveOrCopy
         c.finishCopy(result, dest, flags, isFromSink = false)
     of nkHiddenSubConv, nkHiddenStdConv, nkConv, nkObjDownConv, nkObjUpConv, nkCast:
       result = c.genSink(s, dest, p(ri, c, s, sinkArg), flags)
-    of nkStmtListExpr, nkBlockExpr, nkIfExpr, nkCaseStmt, nkTryStmt:
+    of nkStmtListExpr, nkBlockExpr, nkIfExpr, nkCaseStmt, nkTryStmt, nkPragmaBlock:
       template process(child, s): untyped = moveOrCopy(dest, child, c, s, flags)
       # We know the result will be a stmt so we use that fact to optimize
       handleNestedTempl(ri, process, willProduceStmt = true)
diff --git a/tests/arc/tarcmisc.nim b/tests/arc/tarcmisc.nim
index 6b8fc3b06f..c69610a451 100644
--- a/tests/arc/tarcmisc.nim
+++ b/tests/arc/tarcmisc.nim
@@ -882,3 +882,17 @@ proc test_18070() = # bug #18070
   doAssert msg == "", "expected empty string but got: " & $msg
 
 test_18070()
+
+block: # bug #24754
+  type NoCopy = object
+    id: int
+
+  proc `=copy`(a: var NoCopy, b: NoCopy) {.error.}
+
+
+  proc foo(): NoCopy =
+    {.gcsafe.}:
+      let s = 12
+      NoCopy(id: s)
+
+  doAssert foo().id == 12