diff --git a/src/V3Const.cpp b/src/V3Const.cpp
index 9c94bab16..7bb65f963 100644
--- a/src/V3Const.cpp
+++ b/src/V3Const.cpp
@@ -2107,8 +2107,9 @@ class ConstVisitor final : public VNVisitor {
                 AstVar* const tempPurep = new AstVar{rhsp->fileline(), VVarType::BLOCKTEMP,
                                                      m_concswapNames.get(rhsp), rhsp->dtypep()};
                 m_modp->addStmtsp(tempPurep);
-                AstNodeAssign* const asnp = nodep->cloneType(
-                    new AstVarRef{rhsp->fileline(), tempPurep, VAccess::WRITE}, rhsp);
+                AstAssign* const asnp = new AstAssign(
+                    nodep->fileline(), new AstVarRef{rhsp->fileline(), tempPurep, VAccess::WRITE},
+                    rhsp);
                 nodep->addHereThisAsNext(asnp);
                 nodep->rhsp(new AstVarRef{rhsp->fileline(), tempPurep, VAccess::READ});
             } else if (need_temp) {
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_cover_line_wide_ternary.out b/test_regress/t/t_cover_line_wide_ternary.out
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b5f49c7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_cover_line_wide_ternary.out
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+//      // verilator_coverage annotation
+        // DESCRIPTION: Verilator: Verilog Test module
+        //
+        // This file ONLY is placed under the Creative Commons Public Domain, for
+        // any use, without warranty, 2024 by Wilson Snyder.
+        // SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
+        
+        interface intf();
+            logic foo;
+            logic [31:0] bar;
+            logic [127:0] baz;
+        endinterface
+        
+        module t (/*AUTOARG*/
+            // Inputs
+            clk
+            );
+        
+            input clk;
+        
+            integer cyc;
+%000001     initial cyc=1;
+-000001  point: comment=block hier=top.t
+        
+            intf intfs [2] ();
+            intf intf_sel();
+        
+%000001     always_comb begin
+-000001  point: comment=block hier=top.t
+%000001         intfs[0].bar = 123;
+-000001  point: comment=block hier=top.t
+%000001         intfs[1].bar = 456;
+-000001  point: comment=block hier=top.t
+            end
+        
+%000009     always @ (posedge clk) begin
+-000009  point: comment=block hier=top.t
+%000009         {intf_sel.foo, intf_sel.bar, intf_sel.baz} <=
+-000009  point: comment=block hier=top.t
+%000009             cyc[0] ?
+-000009  point: comment=cond_then hier=top.t
+-000009  point: comment=cond_else hier=top.t
+%000009             {intfs[1].foo, intfs[1].bar, intfs[1].baz} :
+-000009  point: comment=cond_then hier=top.t
+%000009             {intfs[0].foo, intfs[0].bar, intfs[0].baz};
+-000009  point: comment=cond_else hier=top.t
+            end
+        
+%000009     always @ (posedge clk) begin
+-000009  point: comment=block hier=top.t
+%000009         cyc <= cyc + 1;
+-000009  point: comment=block hier=top.t
+%000008         if (cyc==9) begin
+-000008  point: comment=else hier=top.t
+-000001  point: comment=if hier=top.t
+%000001             $display("bar = %0d", intf_sel.bar);
+-000001  point: comment=if hier=top.t
+%000001             if (intf_sel.bar != 123) $stop();
+-000001  point: comment=else hier=top.t
+%000001             $write("*-* All Finished *-*\n");
+-000001  point: comment=if hier=top.t
+%000001             $finish;
+-000001  point: comment=if hier=top.t
+                end
+            end
+        endmodule
+        
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_cover_line_wide_ternary.py b/test_regress/t/t_cover_line_wide_ternary.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..39124e9dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_cover_line_wide_ternary.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# DESCRIPTION: Verilator: Verilog Test driver/expect definition
+#
+# Copyright 2024 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
+from pathlib import Path
+
+test.scenarios('simulator')
+
+test.compile(verilator_flags2=['--cc', '--coverage-line'])
+
+test.execute()
+
+test.run(cmd=[
+    os.environ["VERILATOR_ROOT"] + "/bin/verilator_coverage",
+    "--annotate-points",
+    "--annotate",
+    test.obj_dir + "/annotated",
+    test.obj_dir + "/coverage.dat",
+],
+         verilator_run=True)
+
+top = Path(test.top_filename)
+test.files_identical(test.obj_dir + f"/annotated/{top.name}", test.golden_filename)
+
+test.passes()
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_cover_line_wide_ternary.v b/test_regress/t/t_cover_line_wide_ternary.v
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fdd1bfba7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_cover_line_wide_ternary.v
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+// DESCRIPTION: Verilator: Verilog Test module
+//
+// This file ONLY is placed under the Creative Commons Public Domain, for
+// any use, without warranty, 2024 by Wilson Snyder.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
+
+interface intf();
+    logic foo;
+    logic [31:0] bar;
+    logic [127:0] baz;
+endinterface
+
+module t (/*AUTOARG*/
+    // Inputs
+    clk
+    );
+
+    input clk;
+
+    integer cyc;
+    initial cyc=1;
+
+    intf intfs [2] ();
+    intf intf_sel();
+
+    always_comb begin
+        intfs[0].bar = 123;
+        intfs[1].bar = 456;
+    end
+
+    always @ (posedge clk) begin
+        {intf_sel.foo, intf_sel.bar, intf_sel.baz} <=
+            cyc[0] ?
+            {intfs[1].foo, intfs[1].bar, intfs[1].baz} :
+            {intfs[0].foo, intfs[0].bar, intfs[0].baz};
+    end
+
+    always @ (posedge clk) begin
+        cyc <= cyc + 1;
+        if (cyc==9) begin
+            $display("bar = %0d", intf_sel.bar);
+            if (intf_sel.bar != 123) $stop();
+            $write("*-* All Finished *-*\n");
+            $finish;
+        end
+    end
+endmodule