diff --git a/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Lowering/DiagnosticsPass_ExpressionTrees.cs b/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Lowering/DiagnosticsPass_ExpressionTrees.cs
index 587da1caf8c886d228a7fdcb67eb7e27be52a659..0f17d60b6b7ad29e424e86faee2477402829effd 100644
--- a/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Lowering/DiagnosticsPass_ExpressionTrees.cs
+++ b/src/Compilers/CSharp/Portable/Lowering/DiagnosticsPass_ExpressionTrees.cs
@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@ private static Symbol GetLocalOrParameterSymbol(BoundExpression expr)
 
         public override BoundNode VisitAssignmentOperator(BoundAssignmentOperator node)
         {
-            if (!CheckForAssignmentToSelf(node) && _inExpressionLambda && node.Left.Kind != BoundKind.ObjectInitializerMember && node.Left.Kind != BoundKind.DynamicObjectInitializerMember)
+            CheckForAssignmentToSelf(node);
+            if (_inExpressionLambda && node.Left.Kind != BoundKind.ObjectInitializerMember && node.Left.Kind != BoundKind.DynamicObjectInitializerMember)
             {
                 Error(ErrorCode.ERR_ExpressionTreeContainsAssignment, node);
             }
diff --git a/src/Compilers/CSharp/Test/Semantic/Semantics/LambdaTests.cs b/src/Compilers/CSharp/Test/Semantic/Semantics/LambdaTests.cs
index e68d5e4bbdc123750ff0a90bbe9285a9d5d57a15..b05477e96342794b0302ab4ab2be716e07f3732a 100644
--- a/src/Compilers/CSharp/Test/Semantic/Semantics/LambdaTests.cs
+++ b/src/Compilers/CSharp/Test/Semantic/Semantics/LambdaTests.cs
@@ -1295,5 +1295,30 @@ static void stuff()
 
             Assert.Equal("Program a", symbolInfo.Symbol.ToTestDisplayString());
         }
+
+        [Fact]
+        [WorkItem(3826, "https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn/issues/3826")]
+        public void ExpressionTreeSelfAssignmentShouldError()
+        {
+            var source = @"
+using System;
+using System.Linq.Expressions;
+
+class Program
+{
+    static void Main()
+    {
+        Expression<Func<int, int>> x = y => y = y;
+    }
+}";
+            var compilation = CreateCompilationWithMscorlibAndSystemCore(source);
+            compilation.VerifyDiagnostics(
+                // (9,45): warning CS1717: Assignment made to same variable; did you mean to assign something else?
+                //         Expression<Func<int, int>> x = y => y = y;
+                Diagnostic(ErrorCode.WRN_AssignmentToSelf, "y = y").WithLocation(9, 45),
+                // (9,45): error CS0832: An expression tree may not contain an assignment operator
+                //         Expression<Func<int, int>> x = y => y = y;
+                Diagnostic(ErrorCode.ERR_ExpressionTreeContainsAssignment, "y = y").WithLocation(9, 45));
+        }
     }
 }