diff --git a/CodeGen.pm b/CodeGen.pm
index 90866418..7a54e5a3 100644
--- a/CodeGen.pm
+++ b/CodeGen.pm
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ use 5.010;
         if ($kind == 3) {
             $self->clr_sfield_set($data);
             $self->clr_sfield_get($data . ":f,IP6");
-            $self->newscalar;
+            $self->clr_call_direct('Kernel.NewROScalar', 1);
             $self->clr_sfield_set($data . "_var");
             return;
         }
diff --git a/Decl.pm b/Decl.pm
index f93acce1..66ebaf11 100644
--- a/Decl.pm
+++ b/Decl.pm
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ use CgOp;
 
     sub used_slots {
         my ($self) = @_;
-        [$self->var, 'Variable', 1], [$self->stashvar, 'Variable', 1],
+        [$self->var, 'Variable', 3], [$self->stashvar, 'Variable', 3],
             (!$self->stub ? [$self->bodyvar, 'Variable', $_[1] ? 1 : 0] : ());
     }
 
@@ -272,10 +272,10 @@ use CgOp;
 
         if ($self->stub) {
             return CgOp::prog(
-                CgOp::proto_var($self->var, CgOp::newscalar(CgOp::null('IP6'))),
-                CgOp::proto_var($self->stashvar,
+                CgOp::proto_var($self->var, CgOp::null('IP6')),
+                CgOp::proto_var($self->stashvar, CgOp::fetch(
                     ($self->ourpkg ? $self->stash($body, '::') :
-                    CgOp::wrap(CgOp::rawnew('Dictionary<string,Variable>')))));
+                    CgOp::wrap(CgOp::rawnew('Dictionary<string,Variable>'))))));
         }
 
         CgOp::letn("pkg",
@@ -283,8 +283,8 @@ use CgOp;
                 CgOp::wrap(CgOp::rawnew('Dictionary<string,Variable>'))),
             CgOp::letn("how", $self->make_how,
                 # catch usages before the closing brace
-                CgOp::proto_var($self->var, CgOp::newscalar(CgOp::null('IP6'))),
-                CgOp::proto_var($self->var . "::", CgOp::letvar("pkg")),
+                CgOp::proto_var($self->var, CgOp::null('IP6')),
+                CgOp::proto_var($self->stashvar, CgOp::fetch(CgOp::letvar("pkg"))),
 
                 CgOp::protosub($self->body),
                 CgOp::proto_var($self->bodyvar, CgOp::sub_var($self->body)),
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ use CgOp;
             map {
                 my ($head, @path) = @{ $self->symbols->{$_} };
                 CodeGen->know_sfield($scope->{$head}[2], $scope->{$head}[0]);
-                my $first = CgOp::rawsget($scope->{$head}[2]);
+                my $first = CgOp::newscalar(CgOp::rawsget($scope->{$head}[2]));
                 for (@path) {
                     $first = CgOp::rawscall('Kernel.PackageLookup',
                         CgOp::fetch($first), CgOp::clr_string($_));
diff --git a/ResolveLex.pm b/ResolveLex.pm
index f8755fc3..6002ccad 100644
--- a/ResolveLex.pm
+++ b/ResolveLex.pm
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ sub run_cgop {
             push @$btree, $arg;
         } elsif ($opc eq 'close_sub') {
             pop @$btree;
-        } elsif ($opc eq 'fetch' &&
+        } elsif ($opc eq 'clr_call_direct' && $arg eq 'Kernel.Fetch' &&
                 $op->zyg->[0]->isa('CgOp::Primitive') &&
                 $op->zyg->[0]->op->[0] eq 'clr_sfield_get' &&
                 $op->zyg->[0]->op->[1] =~ /(.*)_var:f,Variable/) {
@@ -77,7 +77,10 @@ sub resolve_lex {
 
     if ($kind == 3) {
         if ($set_to) {
-            die "panic: Assigning to a kind3";
+            return CgOp::let($set_to, sub { my $x = $_[0];
+                CgOp::prog( CgOp::rawsset($data, CgOp::fetch($x)),
+                    CgOp::rawsset($data . "_var", CgOp::newscalar(
+                            CgOp::rawsget($data . ":f,IP6")))) });
         } else {
             return CgOp::rawsget($data . "_var:f,Variable");
         }