diff --git a/src/xir/passes/mem2reg.cpp b/src/xir/passes/mem2reg.cpp
index b41b29b97..82d8da72d 100644
--- a/src/xir/passes/mem2reg.cpp
+++ b/src/xir/passes/mem2reg.cpp
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ struct PhiInsertionAndRenaming {
                         inserted.emplace_back(phi);
                         info.inserted_phi_instructions.emplace(phi);
                         // update the block-out value (note: we will overwrite it later if the block contains a store)
-                        out_values.emplace(fb, phi);
+                        out_values[fb] = phi;
                         // replace the load instructions in the same block with the new phi node
                         if (auto use_iter = analysis.use_blocks.find(fb); use_iter != analysis.use_blocks.end()) {
                             replace_load_with_value(use_iter->second, phi, info);
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ struct PhiInsertionAndRenaming {
         }
         // overwrite the block-out values with the store values
         for (auto [def_block, store] : analysis.def_blocks) {
-            out_values.emplace(def_block, store->value());
+            out_values[def_block] = store->value();
         }
         // each of the use blocks must be dominated by some def/phi block, or it must contain undefined value
         for (auto [use_block, load_inst] : analysis.use_blocks) {
@@ -245,20 +245,14 @@ static void simplify_single_block_store_load(AllocaInst *inst, AllocaStoreLoadSe
                     break;
                 }
                 case DerivedInstructionTag::STORE: {
-                    auto store_inst = static_cast<StoreInst *>(store_or_load);
-                    auto stored_value = store_inst->value();
-                    LUISA_DEBUG_ASSERT(stored_value != nullptr, "Invalid store.");
-                    if (last_store != nullptr) {// we have overwritten the last store so remove it
+                    // we have overwritten the last store so remove it if any
+                    if (last_store != nullptr) {
                         remove_store(last_store, info);
                     }
-                    // detect for redundant store where a previously loaded value is stored back
-                    if (stored_value == last_value) {
-                        remove_store(store_inst, info);
-                        last_store = nullptr;
-                    } else {// update the last store and value
-                        last_store = store_inst;
-                        last_value = store_inst->value();
-                    }
+                    // record this store
+                    last_store = static_cast<StoreInst *>(store_or_load);
+                    last_value = last_store->value();
+                    LUISA_DEBUG_ASSERT(last_value != nullptr, "Invalid store.");
                     break;
                 }
                 default: LUISA_ERROR_WITH_LOCATION("Invalid instruction.");
diff --git a/src/xir/tests/test_mem2reg.cpp b/src/xir/tests/test_mem2reg.cpp
index 91857e435..0ed438faf 100644
--- a/src/xir/tests/test_mem2reg.cpp
+++ b/src/xir/tests/test_mem2reg.cpp
@@ -11,23 +11,21 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
     using namespace luisa::compute;
     auto shader = device.compile<1>([&](UInt n) noexcept {
-        auto b = compute::detail::FunctionBuilder::current();
-        auto t = Type::of<uint>();
-        auto x = b->local(t);
-        auto zero = b->literal(t, 0u);
-        auto one = b->literal(t, 1u);
-        $if (n == 0u) {
-        }
-        $elif (n == 1u) {
-            // b->assign(x, one);
-        }
-        $else {
-            b->assign(x, zero);
+        auto z = def(1u);
+        $loop {
+            UInt x;
+            x = 2u;
+            x = 2u;
+            n -= 1u;
+            $if (n == 1u) {
+                $break;
+            };
+            z *= x;
         };
-        buffer->write(0u, def<uint>(x));
+        buffer->write(0u, z);
     });
 
-    uint result = 0u;
+    auto result = 0u;
     stream << shader(10u).dispatch(1u)
            << buffer.copy_to(&result)
            << synchronize();