diff --git a/src/escape.d b/src/escape.d
index 7acea3985972..2c657952c4ce 100644
--- a/src/escape.d
+++ b/src/escape.d
@@ -221,6 +221,9 @@ bool checkAssignEscape(Scope* sc, Expression e, bool gag)
         if (v.isDataseg())
             continue;
 
+        if (v == va)
+            continue;
+
         Dsymbol p = v.toParent2();
 
         if (!(va && va.isScope()))
diff --git a/test/fail_compilation/retscope.d b/test/fail_compilation/retscope.d
index 5d321a308e57..48dc5663977a 100644
--- a/test/fail_compilation/retscope.d
+++ b/test/fail_compilation/retscope.d
@@ -589,8 +589,23 @@ void foo18()
     typeof(&c.funcrs) fs4 = &c.funcrs;
 }
 
-/********************************************/
 
+/*********************************************/
+
+@safe void foo19(C)(ref C[] str)  // infer 'scope' for 'str'
+{
+    str = str;
+    str = str[1 .. str.length];
+}
+
+@safe void test19()
+{
+    char[10] s;
+    char[] t = s[];
+    foo19(t);
+}
+
+/********************************************/
 
 bool foo20(const string a) @safe pure nothrow @nogc
 {
@@ -611,4 +626,3 @@ struct Result(R)
     n.empty();
 }
 
-