diff --git a/src/cmd/internal/gc/esc.go b/src/cmd/internal/gc/esc.go
index 6f894c9165..0ca407a734 100644
--- a/src/cmd/internal/gc/esc.go
+++ b/src/cmd/internal/gc/esc.go
@@ -885,6 +885,7 @@ func escassign(e *EscState, dst *Node, src *Node) {
 		a := Nod(OADDR, src, nil)
 		a.Lineno = src.Lineno
 		a.Escloopdepth = src.Escloopdepth
+		a.Type = Ptrto(src.Type)
 		escflows(e, dst, a)
 
 		// Flowing multiple returns to a single dst happens when
diff --git a/test/fixedbugs/issue10441.go b/test/fixedbugs/issue10441.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..25832fac45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixedbugs/issue10441.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// build
+
+// Copyright 2015 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package p
+
+func bar() {
+	f := func() {}
+	foo(&f)
+}
+
+func foo(f *func()) func() {
+	defer func() {}() // prevent inlining of foo
+	return *f
+}