diff --git a/netlist.cc b/netlist.cc
index 07bce2e7e..716044101 100644
--- a/netlist.cc
+++ b/netlist.cc
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ void NetNet::calculate_slice_widths_from_packed_dims_(void)
 NetNet::NetNet(NetScope*s, perm_string n, Type t,
 	       const netranges_t&unpacked, ivl_type_t use_net_type)
 : NetObj(s, n, calculate_count(unpacked)),
-    type_(t), port_type_(NOT_A_PORT),
+    type_(t), port_type_(NOT_A_PORT), coerced_to_uwire_(false),
     local_flag_(false), net_type_(use_net_type),
     discipline_(0), unpacked_dims_(unpacked),
     eref_count_(0), lref_count_(0)
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ NetNet::NetNet(NetScope*s, perm_string n, Type t,
 
 NetNet::NetNet(NetScope*s, perm_string n, Type t, ivl_type_t type)
 : NetObj(s, n, 1),
-    type_(t), port_type_(NOT_A_PORT),
+    type_(t), port_type_(NOT_A_PORT), coerced_to_uwire_(false),
     local_flag_(false), net_type_(type),
     discipline_(0),
     eref_count_(0), lref_count_(0)
@@ -622,6 +622,9 @@ void NetNet::type(NetNet::Type t)
       if (type_ == t)
 	    return;
 
+      if ((t == UNRESOLVED_WIRE) && ((type_ == REG) || (type_ == IMPLICIT_REG)))
+	    coerced_to_uwire_ = true;
+
       type_ = t;
 
       initialize_dir_();
diff --git a/netlist.h b/netlist.h
index aaadc089f..06f12fcb5 100644
--- a/netlist.h
+++ b/netlist.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef IVL_netlist_H
 #define IVL_netlist_H
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1998-2023 Stephen Williams (steve@icarus.com)
+ * Copyright (c) 1998-2024 Stephen Williams (steve@icarus.com)
  * Copyright CERN 2013 / Stephen Williams (steve@icarus.com)
  *
  *    This source code is free software; you can redistribute it
@@ -687,6 +687,11 @@ class NetNet  : public NetObj, public PortType {
       Type type() const;
       void type(Type t);
 
+        // This method returns true if we have changed the net type from being
+        // a variable to being an unresolved wire. This happens in SystemVerilog
+        // when we find a continuous assignment to a variable.
+      bool coerced_to_uwire() { return coerced_to_uwire_; }
+
       PortType port_type() const;
       void port_type(PortType t);
 
@@ -805,6 +810,7 @@ class NetNet  : public NetObj, public PortType {
     private:
       Type   type_    : 5;
       PortType port_type_ : 3;
+      bool coerced_to_uwire_: 1;
       bool local_flag_: 1;
       ivl_type_t net_type_;
       netuarray_t *array_type_ = nullptr;