diff --git a/src/scripting/backend/codegen.cpp b/src/scripting/backend/codegen.cpp
index 210bbdafd..af3ff1bbb 100644
--- a/src/scripting/backend/codegen.cpp
+++ b/src/scripting/backend/codegen.cpp
@@ -2563,7 +2563,7 @@ ExpEmit FxAssign::Emit(VMFunctionBuilder *build)
 
 		if (IsBitWrite == -1)
 		{
-			build->Emit(ValueType->GetStoreOp(), pointer.RegNum, result.RegNum, build->GetConstantInt(0));
+			build->Emit(Base->ValueType->GetStoreOp(), pointer.RegNum, result.RegNum, build->GetConstantInt(0));
 		}
 		else
 		{
diff --git a/src/scripting/backend/vmbuilder.cpp b/src/scripting/backend/vmbuilder.cpp
index 899c4aee2..4ed4f5c4e 100644
--- a/src/scripting/backend/vmbuilder.cpp
+++ b/src/scripting/backend/vmbuilder.cpp
@@ -570,8 +570,6 @@ size_t VMFunctionBuilder::Emit(int opcode, int opa, int opb, int opc)
 	assert(opb >= 0);
 	assert(opc >= 0);
 
-	assert(opcode != OP_NOP);
-
 	// The following were just asserts, meaning this would silently create broken code if there was an overflow
 	// if this happened in a release build. Not good.
 	// These are critical errors that need to be reported to the user.