diff --git a/src/cmd/6g/gen.c b/src/cmd/6g/gen.c
index 7c64f4ddce9..ef53696eeea 100644
--- a/src/cmd/6g/gen.c
+++ b/src/cmd/6g/gen.c
@@ -137,6 +137,9 @@ gen(Node *n, Label *labloop)
 loop:
 	if(n == N)
 		goto ret;
+	if(n->ninit)
+		gen(n->ninit, L);
+
 	setlineno(n);
 
 	switch(n->op) {
@@ -234,7 +237,6 @@ loop:
 		break;
 
 	case OFOR:
-		gen(n->ninit, L);			// 		init
 		p1 = gbranch(AJMP, T);			// 		goto test
 		sbreak = breakpc;
 		breakpc = gbranch(AJMP, T);		// break:	goto done
@@ -256,7 +258,6 @@ loop:
 		break;
 
 	case OIF:
-		gen(n->ninit, L);			//		init
 		p1 = gbranch(AJMP, T);			//		goto test
 		p2 = gbranch(AJMP, T);			// p2:		goto else
 		patch(p1, pc);				// test:
@@ -269,7 +270,6 @@ loop:
 		break;
 
 	case OSWITCH:
-		gen(n->ninit, L);			// 		init
 		p1 = gbranch(AJMP, T);			// 		goto test
 		sbreak = breakpc;
 		breakpc = gbranch(AJMP, T);		// break:	goto done
@@ -284,7 +284,6 @@ loop:
 		break;
 
 	case OSELECT:
-		gen(n->ninit, L);
 		sbreak = breakpc;
 		p1 = gbranch(AJMP, T);			// 		goto test
 		breakpc = gbranch(AJMP, T);		// break:	goto done
diff --git a/src/cmd/gc/subr.c b/src/cmd/gc/subr.c
index 56958caff9b..aa3ecf45e18 100644
--- a/src/cmd/gc/subr.c
+++ b/src/cmd/gc/subr.c
@@ -1220,6 +1220,23 @@ isptrdarray(Type *t)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int
+isselect(Node *n)
+{
+	Sym *s;
+
+	if(n == N)
+		return 0;
+	n = n->left;
+	s = pkglookup("selectsend", "sys");
+	if(s == n->sym)
+		return 1;
+	s = pkglookup("selectrecv", "sys");
+	if(s == n->sym)
+		return 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int
 isinter(Type *t)
 {
diff --git a/src/cmd/gc/walk.c b/src/cmd/gc/walk.c
index 3f2e856fd88..3ab4671b8cd 100644
--- a/src/cmd/gc/walk.c
+++ b/src/cmd/gc/walk.c
@@ -21,23 +21,6 @@ walk(Node *fn)
 		dump("fn", fn->nbody);
 }
 
-int
-isselect(Node *n)
-{
-	Sym *s;
-
-	if(n == N)
-		return 0;
-	n = n->left;
-	s = pkglookup("selectsend", "sys");
-	if(s == n->sym)
-		return 1;
-	s = pkglookup("selectrecv", "sys");
-	if(s == n->sym)
-		return 1;
-	return 0;
-}
-
 void
 walktype1(Node *n, int top)
 {
@@ -396,8 +379,6 @@ loop:
 			goto ret;
 
 		convlit(l, t);
-		if(l->type == T)
-			goto ret;
 
 		// nil conversion
 		if(eqtype(t, l->type, 0)) {
@@ -415,6 +396,7 @@ loop:
 		}
 
 		// to string
+		if(l->type != T)
 		if(isptrto(t, TSTRING)) {
 			if(isint[l->type->etype]) {
 				*n = *stringop(n, top);
@@ -2331,7 +2313,7 @@ walktype(Node *n, int top)
 		r = addtop;
 		addtop = N;
 		walktype1(r, top);
-		n->ninit = list(r, n->ninit);
+		n->ninit = list(n->ninit, r);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2830,8 +2812,6 @@ structlit(Node *n)
 	if(t->etype != TSTRUCT)
 		fatal("structlit: not struct");
 
-print("\nstruct lit %lT\n", t);
-
 	var = nod(OXXX, N, N);
 	tempname(var, t);