https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=78053
--- Comment #2 from Richard Biener <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> --- The ICE happens because the FE introduces a type that ends up not being gimplified via gimplify-type-sizes: character(kind=1)[0:][1:.__tmp_CHARACTER_0_1] * D.3481; The reason is a missing DECL_EXPR for the variable-size type.