diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/order.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/order.go
index aae18ff2272..3aca63abafb 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/order.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/order.go
@@ -1060,10 +1060,10 @@ func (o *Order) expr(n, lhs *Node) *Node {
 		if n.Left.Type.IsInterface() {
 			break
 		}
-		if _, needsaddr := convFuncName(n.Left.Type, n.Type); needsaddr || consttype(n.Left) > 0 {
+		if _, needsaddr := convFuncName(n.Left.Type, n.Type); needsaddr || isStaticCompositeLiteral(n.Left) {
 			// Need a temp if we need to pass the address to the conversion function.
-			// We also process constants here, making a named static global whose
-			// address we can put directly in an interface (see OCONVIFACE case in walk).
+			// We also process static composite literal node here, making a named static global
+			// whose address we can put directly in an interface (see OCONVIFACE case in walk).
 			n.Left = o.addrTemp(n.Left)
 		}
 
diff --git a/test/fixedbugs/issue30956.go b/test/fixedbugs/issue30956.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..021e6c5d47b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixedbugs/issue30956.go
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// run
+
+// Copyright 2019 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.
+
+// Check for compile generated static data for literal
+// composite struct
+
+package main
+
+import "fmt"
+
+type X struct {
+	V interface{}
+
+	a int
+	b int
+	c int
+}
+
+func pr(x X) {
+	fmt.Println(x.V)
+}
+
+func main() {
+	pr(X{
+		V: struct {
+			A int
+		}{42},
+	})
+}
diff --git a/test/fixedbugs/issue30956.out b/test/fixedbugs/issue30956.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..04f25e8ae79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixedbugs/issue30956.out
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{42}