diff --git a/src/refelim.jl b/src/refelim.jl
index f0de7e65..2278afbf 100644
--- a/src/refelim.jl
+++ b/src/refelim.jl
@@ -239,6 +239,9 @@ function eliminate_refs(ir::BBCode, refs::Tuple)
                             #     %1 = set_ref_at!(_1, refid, Main.a)
                             # can be replaced with
                             #     %1 = Main.a
+                            # In theory we could eliminate the SSA ID entirely and replace
+                            # all uses of it with the GlobalRef/Argument directly. We'll
+                            # leave that optimisation to the Julia compiler though.
                             refid_to_ssaid_map[refid] = id
                             push!(new_insts, (id, new_inst(value_arg)))
                         else
@@ -253,7 +256,7 @@ function eliminate_refs(ir::BBCode, refs::Tuple)
                             ssaid = get(old_ssaid_to_new_ssaid_map, value_arg, value_arg)
                             refid_to_ssaid_map[refid] = ssaid
                         elseif value_arg isa GlobalRef || value_arg isa Argument
-                            # Create a new SSA ID that points to the GlobalRef.
+                            # Create a new SSA ID that points to the thing.
                             new_id = ID()
                             push!(new_insts, (new_id, new_inst(value_arg)))
                             refid_to_ssaid_map[refid] = new_id
diff --git a/test/copyable_task.jl b/test/copyable_task.jl
index fb1f32dd..fcd8403a 100644
--- a/test/copyable_task.jl
+++ b/test/copyable_task.jl
@@ -293,11 +293,19 @@ __global_a = 1.0
     end
     @testset "Return produce" begin
         # Test calling a function that does something with the return value of `produce`.
-        # In this case it just returns it. This used to error, see
-        # https://github.com/TuringLang/Libtask.jl/issues/190.
-        f(obs) = produce(obs)
+        # This used to error, see https://github.com/TuringLang/Libtask.jl/issues/190.
+        function f(obs)
+            x = produce(obs)
+            # produce(x) returns x
+            return if isnothing(x)
+                produce(1.0)
+            else
+                produce(x)
+            end
+        end
         tt = Libtask.TapedTask(nothing, f, :a)
         @test Libtask.consume(tt) === :a
+        @test Libtask.consume(tt) === :a
         @test Libtask.consume(tt) === nothing
     end