fix corner case in `if_return` (#4439)

fixes #4438

2 files changed, 33 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/compress.js b/lib/compress.js
index 38342326..c397a605 100644
--- a/lib/compress.js
+++ b/lib/compress.js
@@ -2669,7 +2669,7 @@ merge(Compressor.prototype, {
                     block = last.body;
                 }
                 block.pop();
-                if (ab.value) body.push(make_node(AST_SimpleStatement, ab.value, {
+                if (ab.value) block.push(make_node(AST_SimpleStatement, ab.value, {
                     body: ab.value.expression
                 }));
                 return body;
diff --git a/test/compress/let.js b/test/compress/let.js
index fc323320..59b89023 100644
--- a/test/compress/let.js
+++ b/test/compress/let.js
@@ -1228,3 +1228,35 @@ issue_1753_toplevel: {
     expect_stdout: "0"
     node_version: ">=4"
 }
+
+issue_4438: {
+    options = {
+        if_return: true,
+    }
+    input: {
+        "use strict";
+        function f() {
+            if (console) {
+                {
+                    let a = console.log;
+                    return void a("PASS");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        f();
+    }
+    expect: {
+        "use strict";
+        function f() {
+            if (!console)
+                ;
+            else {
+                let a = console.log;
+                a("PASS");
+            }
+        }
+        f();
+    }
+    expect_stdout: "PASS"
+    node_version: ">=4"
+}