diff --git a/parse.y b/parse.y
index 6a0f5045db..87085542bb 100644
--- a/parse.y
+++ b/parse.y
@@ -10119,6 +10119,7 @@ node_assign_gen(struct parser_params *parser, NODE *lhs, NODE *rhs, const YYLTYP
       case NODE_CDECL:
       case NODE_CVASGN:
 	lhs->nd_value = rhs;
+	lhs->nd_loc = *location;
 	break;
 
       case NODE_ATTRASGN: