diff --git a/src/main/clojure/cljs/core/async/impl/ioc_macros.clj b/src/main/clojure/cljs/core/async/impl/ioc_macros.clj
index e3ae7c35..e72ba0cb 100644
--- a/src/main/clojure/cljs/core/async/impl/ioc_macros.clj
+++ b/src/main/clojure/cljs/core/async/impl/ioc_macros.clj
@@ -383,7 +383,16 @@
         syms (map first parted)
         inits (map second parted)]
     (gen-plan
-     [local-val-ids (all (map item-to-ssa inits))
+     [local-val-ids (all (map ; parallel bind
+                          (fn [sym init]
+                            (gen-plan
+                             [itm-id (item-to-ssa init)
+                              _ (push-alter-binding :locals assoc sym itm-id)]
+                             itm-id))
+                          syms
+                          inits))
+      _ (all (for [x syms]
+               (pop-binding :locals)))
       local-ids (all (map (comp add-instruction ->Const) local-val-ids))
       body-blk (add-block)
       final-blk (add-block)
diff --git a/src/main/clojure/clojure/core/async/impl/ioc_macros.clj b/src/main/clojure/clojure/core/async/impl/ioc_macros.clj
index 5f70d032..f70c0adf 100644
--- a/src/main/clojure/clojure/core/async/impl/ioc_macros.clj
+++ b/src/main/clojure/clojure/core/async/impl/ioc_macros.clj
@@ -381,7 +381,16 @@
         syms (map first parted)
         inits (map second parted)]
     (gen-plan
-     [local-val-ids (all (map item-to-ssa inits))
+     [local-val-ids (all (map ; parallel bind
+                          (fn [sym init]
+                            (gen-plan
+                             [itm-id (item-to-ssa init)
+                              _ (push-alter-binding :locals assoc sym itm-id)]
+                             itm-id))
+                          syms
+                          inits))
+      _ (all (for [x syms]
+               (pop-binding :locals)))
       local-ids (all (map (comp add-instruction ->Const) local-val-ids))
       body-blk (add-block)
       final-blk (add-block)
diff --git a/src/test/cljs/cljs/core/async/runner_tests.cljs b/src/test/cljs/cljs/core/async/runner_tests.cljs
index 7151b4a2..449e864e 100644
--- a/src/test/cljs/cljs/core/async/runner_tests.cljs
+++ b/src/test/cljs/cljs/core/async/runner_tests.cljs
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 (deftest runner-tests
   (testing "macros add locals to the env"
     (is= :pass
-        (runner (let [x 42]
-                  (pause (locals-test))))))
+         (runner (let [x 42]
+                   (pause (locals-test))))))
   (testing "do blocks"
     (is= 42
          (runner (do (pause 42))))
@@ -46,10 +46,14 @@
                      (recur (inc (pause x)))
                      (pause x)))))
     (is= [:b :a]
-        (runner (loop [a :a b :b n 1]
-                  (if (pos? n)
-                    (recur b a (dec n)) ;; swap bindings
-                    [a b])))))
+         (runner (loop [a :a b :b n 1]
+                   (if (pos? n)
+                     (recur b a (dec n)) ;; swap bindings
+                     [a b]))))
+    (is= 1
+        (runner (loop [x 0
+                       y (inc x)]
+                  y))))
   
   (testing "let expressions"
     (is= 3
diff --git a/src/test/clojure/clojure/core/async/ioc_macros_test.clj b/src/test/clojure/clojure/core/async/ioc_macros_test.clj
index 2ae8a9e7..74ddb165 100644
--- a/src/test/clojure/clojure/core/async/ioc_macros_test.clj
+++ b/src/test/clojure/clojure/core/async/ioc_macros_test.clj
@@ -73,7 +73,11 @@
            (runner (loop [a :a b :b n 1]
                      (if (pos? n)
                        (recur b a (dec n)) ;; swap bindings
-                       [a b]))))))
+                       [a b])))))
+    (is (= 1
+           (runner (loop [x 0
+                          y (inc x)]
+                     y)))))
   
   (testing "let expressions"
     (is (= 3