diff --git a/releasenotes.md b/releasenotes.md
index 195e2fef1..b3cfccbcb 100644
--- a/releasenotes.md
+++ b/releasenotes.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 ### Fixes
 - 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.
 
 ### 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 394a4d185..7bffbaecf 100644
--- a/src/compiler/llvm_codegen_expr.c
+++ b/src/compiler/llvm_codegen_expr.c
@@ -4263,18 +4263,26 @@ void llvm_emit_try_assign_try_catch(GenContext *c, bool is_try, BEValue *be_valu
 	// 6. If we haven't jumped yet, do it here (on error) to the catch block.
 	llvm_value_fold_optional(c, be_value);
 
-	// 7. If we have a variable, then we make the store.
-	if (var_addr)
+	// 7. Store the success block.
+	LLVMBasicBlockRef success_block = llvm_get_current_block_if_in_use(c);
+
+	// 8. If we have a variable, then we make the store.
+	if (success_block && var_addr)
 	{
 		ASSERT(is_try && "Storing will only happen on try.");
 		llvm_store(c, var_addr, be_value);
 	}
 
-	// 8. Restore the error stack.
+	// 9. Restore the error stack.
 	POP_CATCH();
 
-	// 9. Store the success block.
-	LLVMBasicBlockRef success_block = c->current_block;
+	// 10. Special handling if no success.
+	if (!success_block)
+	{
+		llvm_emit_block(c, catch_block);
+		llvm_value_set(be_value, LLVMConstInt(c->bool_type, is_try ? 0 : 1, false), type_bool);
+		return;
+	}
 
 	// 10. Jump to the phi
 	llvm_emit_br(c, phi_catch);
diff --git a/test/test_suite/errors/try_known_optional.c3t b/test/test_suite/errors/try_known_optional.c3t
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b2557a097
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_suite/errors/try_known_optional.c3t
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// #target: macos-x64
+module test;
+import std;
+fn int main()
+{
+	if (try x = (true ? io::EOF? : 3))
+	{}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* #expect: test.ll
+
+entry:
+  %x = alloca i32, align 4
+  store i32 0, ptr %x, align 4
+  br label %catch_landing
+
+catch_landing:                                    ; preds = %entry
+  ret i32 0
+}