diff --git a/runtime/sema/check_assignment.go b/runtime/sema/check_assignment.go
index b1b7898ec..e8a3dd03e 100644
--- a/runtime/sema/check_assignment.go
+++ b/runtime/sema/check_assignment.go
@@ -491,8 +491,6 @@ func (checker *Checker) visitMemberExpressionAssignment(
 		reportAssignmentToConstant()
 	}
 
-	memberType = member.TypeAnnotation.Type
-
 	if memberType.IsResourceType() {
 		// if the member is a resource, check that it is not captured in a function,
 		// based off the activation depth of the root of the access chain, i.e. `a` in `a.b.c`
diff --git a/runtime/tests/checker/access_test.go b/runtime/tests/checker/access_test.go
index 2c604a9df..e91c640d3 100644
--- a/runtime/tests/checker/access_test.go
+++ b/runtime/tests/checker/access_test.go
@@ -1850,7 +1850,9 @@ func TestCheckAccessImportGlobalValueVariableDeclarationWithSecondValue(t *testi
 		},
 	)
 
-	errs := RequireCheckerErrors(t, err, 7)
+	errs := RequireCheckerErrors(t, err, 9)
+
+	// For `x`
 
 	require.IsType(t, &sema.InvalidAccessError{}, errs[0])
 	assert.Equal(t,
@@ -1870,15 +1872,19 @@ func TestCheckAccessImportGlobalValueVariableDeclarationWithSecondValue(t *testi
 
 	require.IsType(t, &sema.ResourceCapturingError{}, errs[4])
 
+	// For `y`
+
 	require.IsType(t, &sema.ResourceCapturingError{}, errs[5])
 
-	require.IsType(t, &sema.AssignmentToConstantError{}, errs[6])
+	require.IsType(t, &sema.ResourceCapturingError{}, errs[6])
+
+	require.IsType(t, &sema.AssignmentToConstantError{}, errs[7])
 	assert.Equal(t,
 		"y",
-		errs[6].(*sema.AssignmentToConstantError).Name,
+		errs[7].(*sema.AssignmentToConstantError).Name,
 	)
 
-	require.IsType(t, &sema.ResourceCapturingError{}, errs[6])
+	require.IsType(t, &sema.ResourceCapturingError{}, errs[8])
 }
 
 func TestCheckContractNestedDeclarationPrivateAccess(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/runtime/tests/checker/resources_test.go b/runtime/tests/checker/resources_test.go
index 9be6bac22..db21d40bc 100644
--- a/runtime/tests/checker/resources_test.go
+++ b/runtime/tests/checker/resources_test.go
@@ -10113,9 +10113,6 @@ func TestCheckInvalidNestedResourceCapture(t *testing.T) {
                         destroy y
                     }
                 }
-                destroy() {
-                    destroy self.x
-                }
             }
       `)
 		errs := RequireCheckerErrors(t, err, 1)