diff --git a/src/func.c b/src/func.c
index 95fe18b65a47..350e08e97964 100644
--- a/src/func.c
+++ b/src/func.c
@@ -1863,7 +1863,7 @@ void FuncDeclaration::semantic3(Scope *sc)
                         exp->checkEscape();
                     }
 
-                    exp = checkGC(sc, exp);
+                    exp = checkGC(sc2, exp);
 
                     if (vresult)
                     {
diff --git a/test/compilable/nogc.d b/test/compilable/nogc.d
index 0c54e4c7bb94..4b29372668fa 100644
--- a/test/compilable/nogc.d
+++ b/test/compilable/nogc.d
@@ -97,3 +97,15 @@ static if (is(__vector(ulong[2])))
         return [0, 0];
     }
 }
+
+/******************************************/
+// 13550
+
+auto foo13550() @nogc
+{
+    static int[] bar()
+    {
+        return new int[2];
+    }
+    return &bar;
+}