diff --git a/lib/Differentiator/ReverseModeVisitor.cpp b/lib/Differentiator/ReverseModeVisitor.cpp
index 785498a07..41a81e169 100644
--- a/lib/Differentiator/ReverseModeVisitor.cpp
+++ b/lib/Differentiator/ReverseModeVisitor.cpp
@@ -1277,8 +1277,6 @@ Expr* getArraySizeExpr(const ArrayType* AT, ASTContext& context,
   }
 
   StmtDiff ReverseModeVisitor::VisitInitListExpr(const InitListExpr* ILE) {
-    if (!dfdx())
-      return StmtDiff(Clone(ILE));
     QualType ILEType = ILE->getType();
     llvm::SmallVector<Expr*, 16> clonedExprs(ILE->getNumInits());
     if (isArrayOrPointerType(ILEType)) {
@@ -1303,8 +1301,10 @@ Expr* getArraySizeExpr(const ArrayType* AT, ASTContext& context,
         // fetch ith field of the struct.
         auto field_iterator = ILEType->getAsCXXRecordDecl()->field_begin();
         std::advance(field_iterator, i);
-        Expr* member_acess = utils::BuildMemberExpr(
-            m_Sema, getCurrentScope(), dfdx(), (*field_iterator)->getName());
+        Expr* member_acess = nullptr;
+        if (dfdx())
+          member_acess = utils::BuildMemberExpr(
+              m_Sema, getCurrentScope(), dfdx(), (*field_iterator)->getName());
         clonedExprs[i] = Visit(ILE->getInit(i), member_acess).getExpr();
       }
       Expr* clonedILE = m_Sema.ActOnInitList(noLoc, clonedExprs, noLoc).get();