diff --git a/src/V3AstNodes.cpp b/src/V3AstNodes.cpp
index 778784ba0..d7ed985dc 100644
--- a/src/V3AstNodes.cpp
+++ b/src/V3AstNodes.cpp
@@ -2942,9 +2942,13 @@ bool AstNodeFTask::getPurityRecurse() const {
             if (varp->isInoutOrRef()) return false;
         }
         if (!stmtp->isPure()) return false;
-        if (stmtp->exists([](const AstNodeVarRef* const varrefp) {
-                return (!varrefp->varp()->isFuncLocal() || varrefp->varp()->lifetime().isStatic())
-                       && varrefp->access().isWriteOrRW();
+        if (stmtp->exists([](AstNode* const nodep) {
+                if (AstNodeVarRef* const varrefp = VN_CAST(nodep, VarRef)) {
+                    return (!varrefp->varp()->isFuncLocal()
+                            || varrefp->varp()->lifetime().isStatic())
+                           && varrefp->access().isWriteOrRW();
+                }
+                return !nodep->isPure();
             }))
             return false;
     }
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_expr_shortcircuit.py b/test_regress/t/t_expr_shortcircuit.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..f989a35fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_expr_shortcircuit.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# DESCRIPTION: Verilator: Verilog Test driver/expect definition
+#
+# Copyright 2025 by Wilson Snyder. This program is free software; you
+# can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either the GNU
+# Lesser General Public License Version 3 or the Perl Artistic License
+# Version 2.0.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-only OR Artistic-2.0
+
+import vltest_bootstrap
+
+test.scenarios('simulator')
+
+test.compile()
+
+test.execute()
+
+test.passes()
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_expr_shortcircuit.v b/test_regress/t/t_expr_shortcircuit.v
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f3960ce4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_expr_shortcircuit.v
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+// DESCRIPTION: Verilator: Verilog Test module
+//
+// This file ONLY is placed under the Creative Commons Public Domain, for
+// any use, without warranty, 2025 by Wilson Snyder.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
+
+module t (/*AUTOARG*/
+   // Inputs
+   clk
+   );
+
+  input clk;
+
+  int cyc = 0;
+
+  function automatic logic is_odd(int value);
+    logic odd = value % 2 == 1;
+    if (!odd) $error($sformatf("%0d is not odd", value));
+    return odd;
+  endfunction
+
+  always_ff @(posedge clk) begin
+    if (cyc[0] == 1'b0 || is_odd(cyc))
+      cyc <= cyc + 1;
+    if (cyc == 10) begin
+      $write("*-* All Finished *-*\n");
+      $finish;
+    end
+  end
+endmodule