diff --git a/src/LuaTransformer.ts b/src/LuaTransformer.ts
index e4dab185d..d49fcbe47 100644
--- a/src/LuaTransformer.ts
+++ b/src/LuaTransformer.ts
@@ -1797,7 +1797,10 @@ export class LuaTransformer {
             );
         }
 
-        if (ts.isPropertyAccessExpression(expression.left) || ts.isElementAccessExpression(expression.left)) {
+        if (
+            (ts.isPropertyAccessExpression(expression.left) && !tsHelper.hasSetAccessor(expression.left, this.checker))
+            || ts.isElementAccessExpression(expression.left)
+        ) {
             // Left is property/element access: cache result while maintaining order of evaluation
             // (function(o, i, v) o[i] = v; return v end)(${objExpression}, ${indexExpression}, ${right})
             const objParameter = tstl.createIdentifier("o");
diff --git a/test/unit/expressions.spec.ts b/test/unit/expressions.spec.ts
index c3fd733ae..bb2cfb0bc 100644
--- a/test/unit/expressions.spec.ts
+++ b/test/unit/expressions.spec.ts
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ export class ExpressionTests {
     @TestCase("inst.field | 3", 8 | 3)
     @TestCase("inst.field << 3", 8 << 3)
     @TestCase("inst.field >> 1", 8 >> 1)
+    @TestCase("inst.field = 3", 7)
     @TestCase(`"abc" + inst.field`, "abc8")
     @Test("Get accessor expression")
     public getAccessorBinary(expression: string, expected: any): void {