diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/noder/reader.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/noder/reader.go
index d050275f9e..3cd6ec5668 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/noder/reader.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/noder/reader.go
@@ -1338,6 +1338,7 @@ func (r *reader) assign() (ir.Node, bool) {
 
 	case assignDef:
 		pos := r.pos()
+		setBasePos(pos)
 		_, sym := r.localIdent()
 		typ := r.typ()
 
diff --git a/test/run.go b/test/run.go
index 8763660ea8..866654629e 100644
--- a/test/run.go
+++ b/test/run.go
@@ -1999,7 +1999,6 @@ var unifiedFailures = setOf(
 
 	"fixedbugs/issue7921.go",  // prints "… escapes to heap", but test expects "string(…) escapes to heap"
 	"typeparam/issue47631.go", // unified IR can handle local type declarations
-	"fixedbugs/issue49767.go", // unified IR reports channel element too large on different line than irgen
 )
 
 func setOf(keys ...string) map[string]bool {