diff --git a/compiler/parser.nim b/compiler/parser.nim
index d59e013d78..07f5c9de9e 100644
--- a/compiler/parser.nim
+++ b/compiler/parser.nim
@@ -525,6 +525,8 @@ proc parsePar(p: var TParser): PNode =
       asgn.sons[0] = a
       asgn.sons[1] = b
       result.add(asgn)
+      if p.tok.tokType == tkSemiColon:
+        semiStmtList(p, result)
     elif p.tok.tokType == tkSemiColon:
       # stmt context:
       result.add(a)
diff --git a/tests/exprs/tstmtexprs.nim b/tests/exprs/tstmtexprs.nim
index 816e58cb1d..ed00662875 100644
--- a/tests/exprs/tstmtexprs.nim
+++ b/tests/exprs/tstmtexprs.nim
@@ -86,3 +86,9 @@ proc parseResponse(): PJsonNode =
     if (var n=result["key2"]; n != nil):
       excMsg &= n.str
     raise newException(ESynch, excMsg)
+
+
+
+#bug #992
+var se = @[1,2]
+let b = (se[1] = 1; 1)