diff --git a/gen/statements.cpp b/gen/statements.cpp
index 96f7620e..5c5d7165 100644
--- a/gen/statements.cpp
+++ b/gen/statements.cpp
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ void ReturnStatement::toIR(IRState* p)
             DValue* rvar = new DVarValue(f->type->next, f->decl->ir.irFunc->retArg);
             DValue* e = exp->toElemDtor(p);
             // store return value
-            DtoAssign(loc, rvar, e);
+            if (rvar->getLVal() != e->getRVal())
+                DtoAssign(loc, rvar, e);
 
             // call postblit if necessary
             if (!p->func()->type->isref && !(f->decl->nrvo_can && f->decl->nrvo_var))
diff --git a/gen/tollvm.cpp b/gen/tollvm.cpp
index 256a5529..dbee4103 100644
--- a/gen/tollvm.cpp
+++ b/gen/tollvm.cpp
@@ -545,6 +545,8 @@ void DtoMemSetZero(LLValue* dst, LLValue* nbytes)
 
 void DtoMemCpy(LLValue* dst, LLValue* src, LLValue* nbytes, unsigned align)
 {
+    assert (src != dst && "src and dst of memcpy must be different");
+
     LLType* VoidPtrTy = getVoidPtrType();
 
     dst = DtoBitCast(dst, VoidPtrTy);