diff --git a/clang/lib/AST/Interp/ByteCodeExprGen.cpp b/clang/lib/AST/Interp/ByteCodeExprGen.cpp
index d2d47e60b2c4d..d307739c301ef 100644
--- a/clang/lib/AST/Interp/ByteCodeExprGen.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/AST/Interp/ByteCodeExprGen.cpp
@@ -651,7 +651,14 @@ bool ByteCodeExprGen<Emitter>::VisitLogicalBinOp(const BinaryOperator *E) {
 
 template <class Emitter>
 bool ByteCodeExprGen<Emitter>::VisitComplexBinOp(const BinaryOperator *E) {
-  assert(Initializing);
+  // Prepare storage for result.
+  if (!Initializing) {
+    std::optional<unsigned> LocalIndex = allocateLocal(E, /*IsExtended=*/false);
+    if (!LocalIndex)
+      return false;
+    if (!this->emitGetPtrLocal(*LocalIndex, E))
+      return false;
+  }
 
   const Expr *LHS = E->getLHS();
   const Expr *RHS = E->getRHS();
diff --git a/clang/test/AST/Interp/complex.cpp b/clang/test/AST/Interp/complex.cpp
index 8c57df7d9a3ed..bb230c2ebe64d 100644
--- a/clang/test/AST/Interp/complex.cpp
+++ b/clang/test/AST/Interp/complex.cpp
@@ -93,6 +93,16 @@ static_assert(__imag(I3) == 0, "");
 /// FIXME: This should work in the new interpreter as well.
 // constexpr _Complex _BitInt(8) A = 0;// = {4};
 
+
+void func(void) {
+  __complex__ int arr;
+  _Complex int result;
+  int ii = 0;
+  int bb = 0;
+  /// The following line will call into the constant interpreter.
+  result = arr * ii;
+}
+
 namespace CastToBool {
   constexpr _Complex int F = {0, 1};
   static_assert(F, "");