This fixes #52740: crash when localizing a symtab entry [1] It was pulled to -current in 33807 which was superseded by 34213. For 5.10.x, this was pulled in by 34295. diff -up perl-5.10.0/sv.c.stlocal perl-5.10.0/sv.c --- perl-5.10.0/sv.c.stlocal 2008-10-12 10:31:28.000000000 +0200 +++ perl-5.10.0/sv.c 2008-10-12 10:31:39.000000000 +0200 @@ -3546,7 +3546,7 @@ Perl_sv_setsv_flags(pTHX_ SV *dstr, regi Perl_croak(aTHX_ "Cannot copy to %s", type); } else if (sflags & SVf_ROK) { if (isGV_with_GP(dstr) && dtype == SVt_PVGV - && SvTYPE(SvRV(sstr)) == SVt_PVGV) { + && SvTYPE(SvRV(sstr)) == SVt_PVGV && isGV_with_GP(SvRV(sstr))) { sstr = SvRV(sstr); if (sstr == dstr) { if (GvIMPORTED(dstr) != GVf_IMPORTED