diff --git a/compiler/src/dmd/funcsem.d b/compiler/src/dmd/funcsem.d
index 31b6397ecf5a..86b9d0bf8074 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dmd/funcsem.d
+++ b/compiler/src/dmd/funcsem.d
@@ -2769,7 +2769,6 @@ void buildResultVar(FuncDeclaration fd, Scope* sc, Type tret)
          * fbody.dsymbolSemantic() running, vresult.type might be modified.
          */
         fd.vresult = new VarDeclaration(loc, tret, Id.result, null);
-        fd.vresult._init = new VoidInitializer(loc); // hdrgen requires _init
         fd.vresult.storage_class |= STC.nodtor | STC.temp;
         if (!fd.isVirtual())
             fd.vresult.storage_class |= STC.const_;
diff --git a/compiler/src/dmd/glue/s2ir.d b/compiler/src/dmd/glue/s2ir.d
index 50f8c4177636..c73b27424dd5 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dmd/glue/s2ir.d
+++ b/compiler/src/dmd/glue/s2ir.d
@@ -661,7 +661,22 @@ void Statement_toIR(Statement s, ref IRState irs, StmtState* stmtstate)
         {
             // Reference return, so convert to a pointer
             e = toElemDtor(s.exp, irs);
+
+            /* already taken care of for vresult in buildResultVar() and semantic3.d
+             * https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19384
+             */
+            if (func.vresult)
+                if (BlitExp be = s.exp.isBlitExp())
+                {
+                     if (VarExp ve = be.e1.isVarExp())
+                     {
+                        if (ve.var == func.vresult)
+                            goto Lskip;
+                     }
+                }
+
             e = addressElem(e, s.exp.type.pointerTo());
+         Lskip:
         }
         else
         {
diff --git a/compiler/src/dmd/semantic3.d b/compiler/src/dmd/semantic3.d
index 234782645487..2c1850fc688b 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dmd/semantic3.d
+++ b/compiler/src/dmd/semantic3.d
@@ -961,10 +961,8 @@ private extern(C++) final class Semantic3Visitor : Visitor
 
                             /* https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10789
                              * If NRVO is not possible, all returned lvalues should call their postblits.
-                             * For functions with a __result variable, postblits will be called later
-                             * during initialization of __result.
                              */
-                            if (!funcdecl.isNRVO && !funcdecl.vresult)
+                            if (!funcdecl.isNRVO)
                                 exp = doCopyOrMove(sc2, exp, f.next, true, true);
 
                             if (tret.hasPointers())
@@ -975,12 +973,13 @@ private extern(C++) final class Semantic3Visitor : Visitor
 
                         if (funcdecl.vresult)
                         {
-                            Scope* scret = rs.fesFunc ? rs.fesFunc._scope : sc2;
+                            // Create: return vresult = exp;
+                            if (canElideCopy(exp, funcdecl.vresult.type))
+                                exp = new ConstructExp(rs.loc, funcdecl.vresult, exp);
+                            else
+                                exp = new BlitExp(rs.loc, funcdecl.vresult, exp);
 
-                            // Create: return (vresult = exp, vresult);
-                            exp = new ConstructExp(rs.loc, funcdecl.vresult, exp);
-                            exp = exp.expressionSemantic(scret);
-                            exp = Expression.combine(exp, new VarExp(rs.loc, funcdecl.vresult));
+                            exp.type = funcdecl.vresult.type;
 
                             if (rs.caseDim)
                                 exp = Expression.combine(exp, new IntegerExp(rs.caseDim));
diff --git a/compiler/test/compilable/extra-files/vcg-ast.d.cg b/compiler/test/compilable/extra-files/vcg-ast.d.cg
index 1af770427a9c..c910f593394e 100644
--- a/compiler/test/compilable/extra-files/vcg-ast.d.cg
+++ b/compiler/test/compilable/extra-files/vcg-ast.d.cg
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class C : Object
 		}
 		__require();
 		this.__invariant();
-		__result = 2 , __result;
+		__result = 2;
 		goto __returnLabel;
 		__returnLabel:
 		this.__invariant();