diff --git a/src/Convert/ForDecl.hs b/src/Convert/ForDecl.hs
index 8eb9d93..df7c563 100644
--- a/src/Convert/ForDecl.hs
+++ b/src/Convert/ForDecl.hs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ convertStmt (For (Left inits) cc asgns stmt) =
         initAsgns ++
         [For (Right [(lhs, expr)]) cc asgns stmt]
     where
-        splitDecls = map splitDecl inits
+        splitDecls = map splitDecl $ filter (not . isComment) inits
         decls = map fst splitDecls
         initAsgns = map asgnStmt $ init $ map snd splitDecls
         (lhs, expr) = snd $ last splitDecls
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ splitDecl (Variable d t ident a e) =
 splitDecl decl =
     error $ "invalid for loop decl: " ++ show decl
 
+isComment :: Decl -> Bool
+isComment CommentDecl{} = True
+isComment _ = False
+
 asgnStmt :: (LHS, Expr) -> Stmt
 asgnStmt = uncurry $ Asgn AsgnOpEq Nothing
 
diff --git a/test/lib/functions.sh b/test/lib/functions.sh
index 57583a0..0e74990 100644
--- a/test/lib/functions.sh
+++ b/test/lib/functions.sh
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ assertConverts() {
         diff $ac_tmpb $ac_tmpc > /dev/null
         assertTrue "conversion of $ac_file not stable after the second iteration" $?
     fi
+    $SV2V -v $ac_file 2> /dev/null > /dev/null
+    assertTrue "verbose conversion of $ac_file failed" $?
     # using sed to remove quoted strings
     filtered=`sed -E 's/"([^"]|\")+"//g' $ac_tmpa`
     # check for various things iverilog accepts which we don't want to output