diff --git a/compiler/passes/src/type_checking/checker.rs b/compiler/passes/src/type_checking/checker.rs
index e21180cda4..3f4cac3f11 100644
--- a/compiler/passes/src/type_checking/checker.rs
+++ b/compiler/passes/src/type_checking/checker.rs
@@ -1239,6 +1239,9 @@ impl<'a, N: Network> TypeChecker<'a, N> {
                     self.handler.emit_err(err);
                 }
             }
+
+            // Add the input to the type table.
+            self.type_table.insert(input_var.identifier().id(), input_var.type_().clone());
         });
 
         // Type check the function's return type.
diff --git a/tests/expectations/compiler/function/function_input_else_assignment.out b/tests/expectations/compiler/function/function_input_else_assignment.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a34c7a3577
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/expectations/compiler/function/function_input_else_assignment.out
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+---
+namespace: Compile
+expectation: Pass
+outputs:
+  - - compile:
+        - initial_symbol_table: 3a64910c315e257b67757ebc3478a2df7ff7aa2ae8ef8d258507e44b53942b82
+          type_checked_symbol_table: 69a0008fc51152856295a0ef75043069f34b5f0e1ce5b944e4d575a2d184a233
+          unrolled_symbol_table: 69a0008fc51152856295a0ef75043069f34b5f0e1ce5b944e4d575a2d184a233
+          initial_ast: 4c9ab22f340920e9a086b4b55e1e09065bf8839d7bf03d725003fc53cc6d5265
+          unrolled_ast: 4c9ab22f340920e9a086b4b55e1e09065bf8839d7bf03d725003fc53cc6d5265
+          ssa_ast: bf04c3808bc97d0b45f1e69cb8f9faed5f31e01cc03e359364bf22132b36216b
+          flattened_ast: cde3b5d0a6e6744e69645072cc44a21dd6a4ef77c087e4a0afab075abd3b7a70
+          destructured_ast: f10b829b1ac2863d3bc8cbf86b51c8947b5c1db6a0ebcb714d4c9f8f2dedb274
+          inlined_ast: f10b829b1ac2863d3bc8cbf86b51c8947b5c1db6a0ebcb714d4c9f8f2dedb274
+          dce_ast: 6fb7a52d2eeff93d53a26ddc38a0bdf71615b6aa7ab3ab22a894e96bd1d309f1
+          bytecode: e78a049b9529f1feeaa63bcf231b86c28e604487d185d98bbc0e4a2f201c3ec0
+          errors: ""
+          warnings: ""
diff --git a/tests/tests/compiler/function/function_input_else_assignment.leo b/tests/tests/compiler/function/function_input_else_assignment.leo
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b6ef0d847a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tests/compiler/function/function_input_else_assignment.leo
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/*
+namespace: Compile
+expectation: Pass
+*/
+
+program test.aleo {
+    transition foo(a: u8) {
+        if false {
+        } else {
+            a = 0u8;
+        }
+    }
+}