diff --git a/src/cmd/gc/order.c b/src/cmd/gc/order.c
index 1311c6e5e2d..b9f2d35ce4d 100644
--- a/src/cmd/gc/order.c
+++ b/src/cmd/gc/order.c
@@ -1053,6 +1053,7 @@ orderexpr(Node **np, Order *order)
 		break;
 
 	case ORECV:
+		orderexpr(&n->left, order);
 		n = ordercopyexpr(n, n->type, order, 1);
 		break;
 	}
diff --git a/test/fixedbugs/issue8011.go b/test/fixedbugs/issue8011.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b966174c05d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixedbugs/issue8011.go
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// run
+
+// Copyright 2014 The Go Authors.  All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package main
+
+func main() {
+	c := make(chan chan int, 1)
+	c1 := make(chan int, 1)
+	c1 <- 42
+	c <- c1
+	x := <-<-c
+	if x != 42 {
+		println("BUG:", x, "!= 42")
+	}
+}