diff --git a/releasenotes.md b/releasenotes.md
index b3cfccbcb..ea0cc7811 100644
--- a/releasenotes.md
+++ b/releasenotes.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 - List.remove_at would incorrectly trigger ASAN.
 - With avx512, passing a 512 bit vector in a union would be lowered incorrectly, causing an assert. #2362
 - Codegen error in `if (try x = (true ? io::EOF? : 1))`, i.e. using if-try with a known Empty.
+- Codegen error in `if (try x = (false ? io::EOF? : 1))`, i.e. using if-try with a CT known value.
 
 ### Stdlib changes
 - Add `==` to `Pair`, `Triple` and TzDateTime. Add print to `Pair` and `Triple`.
diff --git a/src/compiler/llvm_codegen_expr.c b/src/compiler/llvm_codegen_expr.c
index 7bffbaecf..2d98c8bce 100644
--- a/src/compiler/llvm_codegen_expr.c
+++ b/src/compiler/llvm_codegen_expr.c
@@ -4284,9 +4284,16 @@ void llvm_emit_try_assign_try_catch(GenContext *c, bool is_try, BEValue *be_valu
 		return;
 	}
 
+	if (llvm_basic_block_is_unused(catch_block))
+	{
+		llvm_value_set(be_value, LLVMConstInt(c->bool_type, is_try ? 1 : 0, false), type_bool);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	// 10. Jump to the phi
 	llvm_emit_br(c, phi_catch);
 
+
 	// 11. Emit the catch and jump.
 	llvm_emit_block(c, catch_block);
 	llvm_emit_br(c, phi_catch);
diff --git a/test/test_suite/errors/try_known_optional.c3t b/test/test_suite/errors/try_known_optional2.c3t
similarity index 57%
rename from test/test_suite/errors/try_known_optional.c3t
rename to test/test_suite/errors/try_known_optional2.c3t
index b2557a097..8797f2041 100644
--- a/test/test_suite/errors/try_known_optional.c3t
+++ b/test/test_suite/errors/try_known_optional2.c3t
@@ -3,18 +3,17 @@ module test;
 import std;
 fn int main()
 {
-	if (try x = (true ? io::EOF? : 3))
+	if (try x = (false ? io::EOF? : 3))
 	{}
 	return 0;
 }
 
 /* #expect: test.ll
 
+define i32 @main() #0 {
 entry:
   %x = alloca i32, align 4
   store i32 0, ptr %x, align 4
-  br label %catch_landing
-
-catch_landing:                                    ; preds = %entry
+  store i32 3, ptr %x, align 4
   ret i32 0
-}
+}
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