diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/sinit.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/sinit.go
index 4a2edc7d21..71ed558461 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/sinit.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/sinit.go
@@ -506,6 +506,7 @@ const (
 // fixedlit handles struct, array, and slice literals.
 // TODO: expand documentation.
 func fixedlit(ctxt initContext, kind initKind, n *Node, var_ *Node, init *Nodes) {
+	isBlank := var_ == nblank
 	var splitnode func(*Node) (a *Node, value *Node)
 	switch n.Op {
 	case OARRAYLIT, OSLICELIT:
@@ -520,6 +521,9 @@ func fixedlit(ctxt initContext, kind initKind, n *Node, var_ *Node, init *Nodes)
 			}
 			a := nod(OINDEX, var_, nodintconst(k))
 			k++
+			if isBlank {
+				a = nblank
+			}
 			return a, r
 		}
 	case OSTRUCTLIT:
@@ -527,7 +531,7 @@ func fixedlit(ctxt initContext, kind initKind, n *Node, var_ *Node, init *Nodes)
 			if r.Op != OSTRUCTKEY {
 				Fatalf("fixedlit: rhs not OSTRUCTKEY: %v", r)
 			}
-			if r.Sym.IsBlank() {
+			if r.Sym.IsBlank() || isBlank {
 				return nblank, r.Left
 			}
 			setlineno(r)
diff --git a/test/fixedbugs/issue38905.go b/test/fixedbugs/issue38905.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6f411b8605
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixedbugs/issue38905.go
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// compile
+
+// Copyright 2020 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// Make sure that literal value can be passed to struct
+// blank field with expressions where candiscard(value)
+// returns false, see #38905.
+
+package p
+
+type t struct{ _ u }
+type u [10]struct{ f int }
+
+func f(x int) t   { return t{u{{1 / x}, {1 % x}}} }
+func g(p *int) t  { return t{u{{*p}}} }
+func h(s []int) t { return t{u{{s[0]}}} }