diff --git a/integration_tests/CMakeLists.txt b/integration_tests/CMakeLists.txt
index b9e40ed31a..e34703c508 100644
--- a/integration_tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/integration_tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -444,3 +444,4 @@ RUN(NAME global_syms_03_b  LABELS cpython llvm c)
 RUN(NAME global_syms_03_c  LABELS cpython llvm c)
 RUN(NAME global_syms_04    LABELS cpython llvm c wasm wasm_x64)
 RUN(NAME global_syms_05    LABELS cpython llvm c)
+RUN(NAME global_syms_06    LABELS cpython llvm c)
diff --git a/integration_tests/global_syms_06.py b/integration_tests/global_syms_06.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0b396d1408
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration_tests/global_syms_06.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+from lpython import i32
+
+def test() -> i32:
+    temp: i32 = 0
+    return temp
+
+x: i32 = test()
+i: i32 = 10
+j: i32 = i
diff --git a/src/lpython/semantics/python_ast_to_asr.cpp b/src/lpython/semantics/python_ast_to_asr.cpp
index ddcc6e26f7..662ee6ac31 100644
--- a/src/lpython/semantics/python_ast_to_asr.cpp
+++ b/src/lpython/semantics/python_ast_to_asr.cpp
@@ -2245,15 +2245,15 @@ class CommonVisitor : public AST::BaseVisitor<Struct> {
         ASR::symbol_t* v_sym = ASR::down_cast<ASR::symbol_t>(v);
         ASR::Variable_t* v_variable = ASR::down_cast<ASR::Variable_t>(v_sym);
 
-        if( init_expr && (current_body || ASR::is_a<ASR::List_t>(*type)) &&
-            (is_runtime_expression || !is_variable_const)) {
+        if( init_expr && (current_body || ASR::is_a<ASR::List_t>(*type) ||
+                is_runtime_expression) && !is_variable_const) {
             ASR::expr_t* v_expr = ASRUtils::EXPR(ASR::make_Var_t(al, loc, v_sym));
             cast_helper(v_expr, init_expr, true);
             ASR::asr_t* assign = ASR::make_Assignment_t(al, loc, v_expr,
                                                         init_expr, nullptr);
             if (current_body) {
                 current_body->push_back(al, ASRUtils::STMT(assign));
-            } else if (ASR::is_a<ASR::List_t>(*type)) {
+            } else if (ASR::is_a<ASR::List_t>(*type) || is_runtime_expression) {
                 global_init.push_back(al, assign);
             }
 
@@ -3978,10 +3978,23 @@ class BodyVisitor : public CommonVisitor<BodyVisitor> {
                 // Erase the function in TranslationUnit
                 unit->m_global_scope->erase_symbol(func_name);
             }
+            global_init.p = nullptr;
+            global_init.n = 0;
+        }
+
+        if (global_init.n > 0) {
+            // copy all the item's from `items` (global_statements)
+            // into `global_init`
+            for (auto &i: items) {
+                global_init.push_back(al, i);
+            }
+            unit->m_items = global_init.p;
+            unit->n_items = global_init.size();
+        } else {
+            unit->m_items = items.p;
+            unit->n_items = items.size();
         }
 
-        unit->m_items = items.p;
-        unit->n_items = items.size();
         if (items.n > 0 && main_module_sym) {
             std::string func_name = "global_statements";
             // Wrap all the global statements into a Function