https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=118207
--- Comment #6 from Jakub Jelinek <jakub at gcc dot gnu.org> --- ICEs even in C: struct A { unsigned char a; }; struct B { struct A b; }; static const unsigned char c[160] = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 }; struct B d; void foo () { const struct B *t = (const struct B *) &c; d.b = t->b; } where it started obviously with r15-4377-gf9bac238840155e1539aa68daf1507ea63c9ed80 With #embed from r15-4375-g1844a4aa6615c2252303e70d41bdb18e7c5664c6 I guess.