diff --git a/c-tests/new/issue360.c b/c-tests/new/issue360.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e2f7380ad2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/c-tests/new/issue360.c
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+struct F00 {
+  int a;
+};
+struct F00 func () = func ();
diff --git a/c-tests/new/issue360.c.expectrc b/c-tests/new/issue360.c.expectrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d00491fd7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/c-tests/new/issue360.c.expectrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1
diff --git a/c2mir/c2mir.c b/c2mir/c2mir.c
index 80af0d7095..75e381c2f9 100644
--- a/c2mir/c2mir.c
+++ b/c2mir/c2mir.c
@@ -9308,7 +9308,8 @@ static void check (c2m_ctx_t c2m_ctx, node_t r, node_t context) {
     }
     if (ret_type->mode == TM_STRUCT || ret_type->mode == TM_UNION) {
       set_type_layout (c2m_ctx, ret_type);
-      if (!builtin_call_p) update_call_arg_area_offset (c2m_ctx, ret_type, TRUE);
+      if (!builtin_call_p && curr_scope != top_scope)
+        update_call_arg_area_offset (c2m_ctx, ret_type, TRUE);
     }
     if (builtin_call_p && !jcall_p) break;
     first_arg = jcall_p ? NL_EL (arg_list->u.ops, 1) : NL_HEAD (arg_list->u.ops);