diff --git a/compiler/ccgstmts.nim b/compiler/ccgstmts.nim
index 45a2343320..c3d44c1d36 100644
--- a/compiler/ccgstmts.nim
+++ b/compiler/ccgstmts.nim
@@ -1489,7 +1489,12 @@ proc genTrySetjmp(p: BProc, t: PNode, d: var TLoc) =
 
 proc genAsmOrEmitStmt(p: BProc, t: PNode, isAsmStmt=false; result: var Rope) =
   var res = ""
-  for it in t.sons:
+  let offset =
+    if isAsmStmt: 1 # first son is pragmas
+    else: 0
+
+  for i in offset..<t.len:
+    let it = t[i]
     case it.kind
     of nkStrLit..nkTripleStrLit:
       res.add(it.strVal)
diff --git a/compiler/pragmas.nim b/compiler/pragmas.nim
index 0e434e6f7e..35b4d63c28 100644
--- a/compiler/pragmas.nim
+++ b/compiler/pragmas.nim
@@ -599,6 +599,7 @@ proc semAsmOrEmit*(con: PContext, n: PNode, marker: char): PNode =
   case n[1].kind
   of nkStrLit, nkRStrLit, nkTripleStrLit:
     result = newNodeI(if n.kind == nkAsmStmt: nkAsmStmt else: nkArgList, n.info)
+    if n.kind == nkAsmStmt: result.add n[0] # save asm pragmas for NIR
     var str = n[1].strVal
     if str == "":
       localError(con.config, n.info, "empty 'asm' statement")
@@ -630,6 +631,7 @@ proc semAsmOrEmit*(con: PContext, n: PNode, marker: char): PNode =
   else:
     illFormedAstLocal(n, con.config)
     result = newNodeI(nkAsmStmt, n.info)
+    if n.kind == nkAsmStmt: result.add n[0]
 
 proc pragmaEmit(c: PContext, n: PNode) =
   if n.kind notin nkPragmaCallKinds or n.len != 2: