diff --git a/src/coreclr/jit/lower.cpp b/src/coreclr/jit/lower.cpp
index ae5a41c52e682..29e0f708f72d9 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/jit/lower.cpp
+++ b/src/coreclr/jit/lower.cpp
@@ -6922,6 +6922,14 @@ void Lowering::TransformUnusedIndirection(GenTreeIndir* ind, Compiler* comp, Bas
 void Lowering::LowerBlockStoreCommon(GenTreeBlk* blkNode)
 {
     assert(blkNode->OperIs(GT_STORE_BLK, GT_STORE_DYN_BLK, GT_STORE_OBJ));
+
+    // Lose the type information stored in the source - we no longer need it.
+    if (blkNode->Data()->OperIs(GT_OBJ, GT_BLK))
+    {
+        blkNode->Data()->SetOper(GT_IND);
+        LowerIndir(blkNode->Data()->AsIndir());
+    }
+
     if (TryTransformStoreObjAsStoreInd(blkNode))
     {
         return;
@@ -6996,7 +7004,7 @@ bool Lowering::TryTransformStoreObjAsStoreInd(GenTreeBlk* blkNode)
         return false;
     }
 
-    JITDUMP("Replacing STORE_OBJ with STOREIND for [06%u]", blkNode->gtTreeID);
+    JITDUMP("Replacing STORE_OBJ with STOREIND for [%06u]\n", blkNode->gtTreeID);
     blkNode->ChangeOper(GT_STOREIND);
     blkNode->ChangeType(regType);
 
diff --git a/src/coreclr/jit/morph.cpp b/src/coreclr/jit/morph.cpp
index 05ddcc0a2a327..ff3285baed467 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/jit/morph.cpp
+++ b/src/coreclr/jit/morph.cpp
@@ -10431,15 +10431,8 @@ GenTree* Compiler::fgMorphBlockOperand(GenTree* tree, var_types asgType, unsigne
         {
             if (indirTree != nullptr)
             {
-                if (indirTree->OperIsBlk() && !isBlkReqd)
-                {
-                    effectiveVal->SetOper(GT_IND);
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    // If we have an indirection and a block is required, it should already be a block.
-                    assert(indirTree->OperIsBlk() || !isBlkReqd);
-                }
+                // If we have an indirection and a block is required, it should already be a block.
+                assert(indirTree->OperIsBlk() || !isBlkReqd);
                 effectiveVal->gtType = asgType;
             }
             else