diff --git a/lib/std/zig/Parse.zig b/lib/std/zig/Parse.zig
index c8ad4c5fdaad3e684068480d8b5dd49f5802307d..d3f37ed02646f8f7014c7132c4893ff74680fa54 100644
--- a/lib/std/zig/Parse.zig
+++ b/lib/std/zig/Parse.zig
@@ -919,11 +919,15 @@ fn expectStatement(p: *Parse, allow_defer_var: bool) Error!Node.Index {
         } else {
             const assign = try p.expectAssignExpr();
             try p.expectSemicolon(.expected_semi_after_stmt, true);
-            return p.addNode(.{
-                .tag = .@"comptime",
-                .main_token = comptime_token,
-                .data = .{ .node = assign },
-            });
+            if (p.nodeTag(assign) != .assign_destructure) {
+                return p.addNode(.{
+                    .tag = .@"comptime",
+                    .main_token = comptime_token,
+                    .data = .{ .node = assign },
+                });
+            } else {
+                return assign;
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/std/zig/parser_test.zig b/lib/std/zig/parser_test.zig
index 226c6da270a06c6785e2aa2b68d493832b43f5b3..ab0181ede86da014c8b91e2c8b1732614ac641e0 100644
--- a/lib/std/zig/parser_test.zig
+++ b/lib/std/zig/parser_test.zig
@@ -2886,6 +2886,7 @@ test "zig fmt: destructure" {
         \\    comptime w, var y = .{ 3, 4 };
         \\    comptime var z, x = .{ 5, 6 };
         \\    comptime y, z = .{ 7, 8 };
+        \\    if (false) unreachable else comptime a, b = .{ 9, 10 };
         \\}
         \\
     );