diff --git a/go/ssa/builder.go b/go/ssa/builder.go
index 45a837617cb..4a3eed97177 100644
--- a/go/ssa/builder.go
+++ b/go/ssa/builder.go
@@ -1026,8 +1026,7 @@ func (b *builder) setCall(fn *Function, e *ast.CallExpr, c *CallCommon) {
 
 // assignOp emits to fn code to perform loc <op>= val.
 func (b *builder) assignOp(fn *Function, loc lvalue, val Value, op token.Token, pos token.Pos) {
-	oldv := loc.load(fn)
-	loc.store(fn, emitArith(fn, op, oldv, emitConv(fn, val, oldv.Type()), loc.typ(), pos))
+	loc.store(fn, emitArith(fn, op, loc.load(fn), val, loc.typ(), pos))
 }
 
 // localValueSpec emits to fn code to define all of the vars in the
diff --git a/go/ssa/interp/interp_test.go b/go/ssa/interp/interp_test.go
index c78d0d29e0e..91ecb97934e 100644
--- a/go/ssa/interp/interp_test.go
+++ b/go/ssa/interp/interp_test.go
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ var testdataTests = []string{
 	"reflect.go",
 	"static.go",
 	"width32.go",
+
+	"fixedbugs/issue52342.go",
 }
 
 // Specific GOARCH to use for a test case in go.tools/go/ssa/interp/testdata/.
diff --git a/go/ssa/interp/testdata/fixedbugs/issue52342.go b/go/ssa/interp/testdata/fixedbugs/issue52342.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2e1cc63cfe8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/ssa/interp/testdata/fixedbugs/issue52342.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package main
+
+func main() {
+	var d byte
+
+	d = 1
+	d <<= 256
+	if d != 0 {
+		panic(d)
+	}
+
+	d = 1
+	d >>= 256
+	if d != 0 {
+		panic(d)
+	}
+}