diff --git a/src/main/java/com/aparapi/internal/writer/BlockWriter.java b/src/main/java/com/aparapi/internal/writer/BlockWriter.java
index 013239d0..efe8caa6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/aparapi/internal/writer/BlockWriter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/aparapi/internal/writer/BlockWriter.java
@@ -698,11 +698,6 @@ public void writeInstruction(Instruction _instruction) throws CodeGenException {
          final AssignToLocalVariable assignToLocalVariable = inlineAssignInstruction.getAssignToLocalVariable();
 
          final LocalVariableInfo localVariableInfo = assignToLocalVariable.getLocalVariableInfo();
-         if (assignToLocalVariable.isDeclaration()) {
-            // this is bad! we need a general way to hoist up a required declaration
-            throw new CodeGenException("/* we can't declare this " + convertType(localVariableInfo.getVariableDescriptor(), true, false)
-                  + " here */");
-         }
          write(localVariableInfo.getVariableName());
          write("=");
          writeInstruction(inlineAssignInstruction.getRhs());
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/aparapi/codegen/test/AssignAndPassAsParameterSimple.java b/src/test/java/com/aparapi/codegen/test/AssignAndPassAsParameterSimple.java
index 8c62403e..af98dae1 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/aparapi/codegen/test/AssignAndPassAsParameterSimple.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/aparapi/codegen/test/AssignAndPassAsParameterSimple.java
@@ -26,4 +26,28 @@ public void run() {
         actuallyDoIt(z = 1);
     }
 }
-/**{Throws{CodeGenException}Throws}**/
+/**{OpenCL{
+ typedef struct This_s{
+ int passid;
+ }This;
+ int get_pass_id(This *this){
+ return this->passid;
+ }
+
+ void com_aparapi_codegen_test_AssignAndPassAsParameterSimple__actuallyDoIt(This *this, int a){
+ return;
+ }
+ __kernel void run(
+ int passid
+ ){
+ This thisStruct;
+ This* this=&thisStruct;
+ this->passid = passid;
+ {
+ int z;
+ com_aparapi_codegen_test_AssignAndPassAsParameterSimple__actuallyDoIt(this, z=1);
+ return;
+ }
+ }
+
+ }OpenCL}**/
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/aparapi/codegen/test/AssignAndPassAsParameterSimpleTest.java b/src/test/java/com/aparapi/codegen/test/AssignAndPassAsParameterSimpleTest.java
index efff6cd5..b4b34a59 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/aparapi/codegen/test/AssignAndPassAsParameterSimpleTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/aparapi/codegen/test/AssignAndPassAsParameterSimpleTest.java
@@ -15,15 +15,36 @@
  */
 package com.aparapi.codegen.test;
 
-import com.aparapi.internal.exception.ClassParseException;
-import com.aparapi.internal.exception.CodeGenException;
-import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 public class AssignAndPassAsParameterSimpleTest extends com.aparapi.codegen.CodeGenJUnitBase {
 
-    private static final String[] expectedOpenCL = null;
-    private static final Class<? extends com.aparapi.internal.exception.AparapiException> expectedException = CodeGenException.class;
+    private static final String[] expectedOpenCL = {
+        "typedef struct This_s{\n"
+        + " int passid;\n"
+        + " }This;\n"
+        + " int get_pass_id(This *this){\n"
+        + " return this->passid;\n"
+        + " }\n"
+        + "\n"
+        + " void com_aparapi_codegen_test_AssignAndPassAsParameterSimple__actuallyDoIt(This *this, int a){\n"
+        + " return;\n"
+        + " }\n"
+        + " __kernel void run(\n"
+        + " int passid\n"
+        + " ){\n"
+        + " This thisStruct;\n"
+        + " This* this=&thisStruct;\n"
+        + " this->passid = passid;\n"
+        + " {\n"
+        + " int z;\n"
+        + " com_aparapi_codegen_test_AssignAndPassAsParameterSimple__actuallyDoIt(this, z=1);\n"
+        + " return;\n"
+        + " }\n"
+        + " }\n"
+        + "\n"
+        + " "};
+    private static final Class<? extends com.aparapi.internal.exception.AparapiException> expectedException = null;
 
     @Test
     public void AssignAndPassAsParameterSimpleTest() {