diff --git a/infer/src/clang/cTrans.ml b/infer/src/clang/cTrans.ml
index 5b1de47c8..d0e6b7976 100644
--- a/infer/src/clang/cTrans.ml
+++ b/infer/src/clang/cTrans.ml
@@ -3245,11 +3245,17 @@ module CTrans_funct (F : CModule_type.CFrontend) : CModule_type.CTranslation = s
     let trans_state_param = {trans_state_pri with succ_nodes= []} in
     let res_trans_subexpr_list = List.map ~f:(instruction trans_state_param) stmts in
     let params = collect_returns res_trans_subexpr_list in
-    let sil_fun = Exp.Const (Const.Cfun BuiltinDecl.__infer_skip_function) in
     let ret_id = Ident.create_fresh Ident.knormal in
     let ret_exp = Exp.Var ret_id in
-    let call_instr = Sil.Call ((ret_id, typ), sil_fun, params, sil_loc, CallFlags.default) in
-    let res_trans_call = mk_trans_result (ret_exp, typ) {empty_control with instrs= [call_instr]} in
+    let res_instr =
+      match params with
+      | [(exp, typ)] ->
+          Sil.Load {id= ret_id; e= exp; root_typ= typ; typ; loc= sil_loc}
+      | _ ->
+          let sil_fun = Exp.Const (Const.Cfun BuiltinDecl.__infer_skip_function) in
+          Sil.Call ((ret_id, typ), sil_fun, params, sil_loc, CallFlags.default)
+    in
+    let res_trans_call = mk_trans_result (ret_exp, typ) {empty_control with instrs= [res_instr]} in
     let all_res_trans = res_trans_subexpr_list @ [res_trans_call] in
     PriorityNode.compute_results_to_parent trans_state_pri sil_loc
       ~node_name:CXXStdInitializerListExpr stmt_info ~return:res_trans_call.return all_res_trans
diff --git a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/cpp/shared/constructors/std_init_list.cpp.dot b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/cpp/shared/constructors/std_init_list.cpp.dot
index b089cc33e..5acd8d94e 100644
--- a/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/cpp/shared/constructors/std_init_list.cpp.dot
+++ b/infer/tests/codetoanalyze/cpp/shared/constructors/std_init_list.cpp.dot
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ digraph cfg {
 "main.fad58de7366495db4650cfefac2fcd61_2" [label="2: Exit main \n  " color=yellow style=filled]
 	
 
-"main.fad58de7366495db4650cfefac2fcd61_3" [label="3:  DeclStmt \n   VARIABLE_DECLARED(x:X); [line 22, column 14]\n  VARIABLE_DECLARED(0$?%__sil_tmpSIL_materialize_temp__n$0:int const [5*4] const ); [line 22, column 20]\n  *&0$?%__sil_tmpSIL_materialize_temp__n$0[0]:int=1 [line 22, column 20]\n  *&0$?%__sil_tmpSIL_materialize_temp__n$0[1]:int=2 [line 22, column 20]\n  *&0$?%__sil_tmpSIL_materialize_temp__n$0[2]:int=3 [line 22, column 20]\n  *&0$?%__sil_tmpSIL_materialize_temp__n$0[3]:int=4 [line 22, column 20]\n  *&0$?%__sil_tmpSIL_materialize_temp__n$0[4]:int=5 [line 22, column 20]\n  n$1=_fun___infer_skip_function(&0$?%__sil_tmpSIL_materialize_temp__n$0:int const [5*4] const ) [line 22, column 20]\n  n$2=_fun_X::X(&x:X*,n$1:std::initializer_list<int>) [line 22, column 20]\n " shape="box"]
+"main.fad58de7366495db4650cfefac2fcd61_3" [label="3:  DeclStmt \n   VARIABLE_DECLARED(x:X); [line 22, column 14]\n  VARIABLE_DECLARED(0$?%__sil_tmpSIL_materialize_temp__n$0:int const [5*4] const ); [line 22, column 20]\n  *&0$?%__sil_tmpSIL_materialize_temp__n$0[0]:int=1 [line 22, column 20]\n  *&0$?%__sil_tmpSIL_materialize_temp__n$0[1]:int=2 [line 22, column 20]\n  *&0$?%__sil_tmpSIL_materialize_temp__n$0[2]:int=3 [line 22, column 20]\n  *&0$?%__sil_tmpSIL_materialize_temp__n$0[3]:int=4 [line 22, column 20]\n  *&0$?%__sil_tmpSIL_materialize_temp__n$0[4]:int=5 [line 22, column 20]\n  n$1=*&0$?%__sil_tmpSIL_materialize_temp__n$0:int const [5*4] const  [line 22, column 20]\n  n$2=_fun_X::X(&x:X*,n$1:std::initializer_list<int>) [line 22, column 20]\n " shape="box"]
 	
 
 	 "main.fad58de7366495db4650cfefac2fcd61_3" -> "main.fad58de7366495db4650cfefac2fcd61_2" ;