diff --git a/src/ex_docmd.c b/src/ex_docmd.c
index 83f49d0..db7bb93 100644
--- a/src/ex_docmd.c
+++ b/src/ex_docmd.c
@@ -3483,7 +3483,8 @@
 
 	    // Recognize an assignment if we recognize the variable name:
 	    // "g:var = expr"
-	    // "var = expr"  where "var" is a variable name.
+	    // "var = expr"  where "var" is a variable name or we are skipping
+	    // (variable declaration might have been skipped).
 	    if (*eap->cmd == '@')
 		p = eap->cmd + 2;
 	    oplen = assignment_len(skipwhite(p), &heredoc);
@@ -3493,6 +3494,7 @@
 			|| *eap->cmd == '&'
 			|| *eap->cmd == '$'
 			|| *eap->cmd == '@'
+			|| eap->skip
 			|| lookup(eap->cmd, p - eap->cmd, TRUE, cctx) == OK)
 		{
 		    eap->cmdidx = CMD_var;
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_vim9_assign.vim b/src/testdir/test_vim9_assign.vim
index 958b7b9..ad942a8 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_vim9_assign.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_vim9_assign.vim
@@ -249,6 +249,18 @@
   END
 enddef
 
+def Test_skipped_assignment()
+  var lines =<< trim END
+      for x in []
+        var i: number = 1
+        while false
+          i += 1
+        endwhile
+      endfor
+  END
+  CheckDefAndScriptSuccess(lines)
+enddef
+
 def Test_assign_unpack()
   var lines =<< trim END
     var v1: number
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 8cbe3d3..44cf5ff 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -751,6 +751,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    2771,
+/**/
     2770,
 /**/
     2769,