diff --git a/_test/assign17.go b/_test/assign17.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ebedf00ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_test/assign17.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package main
+
+func main() {
+	s := make([]map[string]string, 0)
+	m := make(map[string]string)
+	m["m1"] = "m1"
+	m["m2"] = "m2"
+	s = append(s, m)
+	tmpStr := "start"
+	println(tmpStr)
+	for _, v := range s {
+		tmpStr, ok := v["m1"]
+		println(tmpStr, ok)
+	}
+	println(tmpStr)
+}
+
+// Output:
+// start
+// m1 true
+// start
diff --git a/_test/assign18.go b/_test/assign18.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f0e0f7348
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_test/assign18.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package main
+
+func main() {
+	s := make([]map[string]string, 0)
+	m := make(map[string]string)
+	m["m1"] = "m1"
+	m["m2"] = "m2"
+	s = append(s, m)
+	tmpStr := "start"
+	println(tmpStr)
+	for _, v := range s {
+		tmpStr, _ := v["m1"]
+		println(tmpStr)
+	}
+	println(tmpStr)
+}
+
+// Output:
+// start
+// m1
+// start
diff --git a/interp/cfg.go b/interp/cfg.go
index bd579662e..73721ef1f 100644
--- a/interp/cfg.go
+++ b/interp/cfg.go
@@ -221,6 +221,14 @@ func (interp *Interpreter) cfg(root *node, sc *scope, importPath, pkgName string
 				sc.sym[label] = sym
 				c.sym = sym
 			}
+			// If block is the body of a function, get declared variables in current scope.
+			// This is done in order to add the func signature symbols into sc.sym,
+			// as we will need them in post-processing.
+			if n.anc != nil && n.anc.kind == funcDecl {
+				for k, v := range sc.anc.sym {
+					sc.sym[k] = v
+				}
+			}
 
 		case breakStmt, continueStmt, gotoStmt:
 			if len(n.child) == 0 {
@@ -2288,11 +2296,36 @@ func compDefineX(sc *scope, n *node) error {
 		return n.cfgErrorf("unsupported assign expression")
 	}
 
+	// Handle redeclarations: find out new symbols vs existing ones.
+	symIsNew := map[string]bool{}
+	hasNewSymbol := false
+	for i := range types {
+		id := n.child[i].ident
+		if id == "_" || id == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+		if _, found := symIsNew[id]; found {
+			return n.cfgErrorf("%s repeated on left side of :=", id)
+		}
+		// A new symbol doesn't exist in current scope. Upper scopes are not
+		// taken into accout here, as a new symbol can shadow an existing one.
+		if _, found := sc.sym[id]; found {
+			symIsNew[id] = false
+		} else {
+			symIsNew[id] = true
+			hasNewSymbol = true
+		}
+	}
+
 	for i, t := range types {
 		var index int
 		id := n.child[i].ident
-		if sym, level, ok := sc.lookup(id); ok && level == n.child[i].level && sym.kind == varSym && sym.typ.id() == t.id() {
-			// Reuse symbol in case of a variable redeclaration with the same type.
+		// A variable can be redeclared if at least one other not blank variable is created.
+		// The redeclared variable must be of same type (it is reassigned, not created).
+		// Careful to not reuse a variable which has been shadowed (it must not be a newSym).
+		sym, level, ok := sc.lookup(id)
+		canRedeclare := hasNewSymbol && len(symIsNew) > 1 && !symIsNew[id] && ok
+		if canRedeclare && level == n.child[i].level && sym.kind == varSym && sym.typ.id() == t.id() {
 			index = sym.index
 		} else {
 			index = sc.add(t)
diff --git a/interp/interp_eval_test.go b/interp/interp_eval_test.go
index 602cd133f..2b2ec58fd 100644
--- a/interp/interp_eval_test.go
+++ b/interp/interp_eval_test.go
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ func TestEvalAssign(t *testing.T) {
 		{src: "j := true || _", err: "1:33: cannot use _ as value"},
 		{src: "j := true && _", err: "1:33: cannot use _ as value"},
 		{src: "j := interface{}(int(1)); j.(_)", err: "1:54: cannot use _ as value"},
+		{src: "ff := func() (a, b, c int) {return 1, 2, 3}; x, y, x := ff()", err: "1:73: x repeated on left side of :="},
+		{src: "xx := 1; xx, _ := 2, 3", err: "1:37: no new variables on left side of :="},
 	})
 }