diff --git a/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/codegen/InsnGen.java b/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/codegen/InsnGen.java
index 387548eb3fc4f94c7f46ea329e01f73fe8762bdb..0f1e5b90f7f71b10acaf1fa83277b444a969f79f 100644
--- a/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/codegen/InsnGen.java
+++ b/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/codegen/InsnGen.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import jadx.core.dex.instructions.args.InsnArg;
 import jadx.core.dex.instructions.args.InsnWrapArg;
 import jadx.core.dex.instructions.args.LiteralArg;
 import jadx.core.dex.instructions.args.Named;
+import jadx.core.dex.instructions.args.NamedArg;
 import jadx.core.dex.instructions.args.RegisterArg;
 import jadx.core.dex.instructions.args.SSAVar;
 import jadx.core.dex.instructions.mods.ConstructorInsn;
@@ -874,6 +875,13 @@ public class InsnGen {
 		if (Consts.DEBUG) {
 			code.add("/* inline method: ").add(callMthNode.toString()).add("*/").startLine();
 		}
+		if (forceAssign(inl, insn, callMthNode)) {
+			ArgType varType = callMthNode.getReturnType();
+			useType(code, varType);
+			code.add(' ');
+			code.add(mgen.getNameGen().assignNamedArg(new NamedArg("unused", varType)));
+			code.add(" = ");
+		}
 		if (callMthNode.getMethodInfo().getArgumentsTypes().isEmpty()) {
 			makeInsn(inl, code, Flags.BODY_ONLY);
 		} else {
@@ -907,6 +915,19 @@ public class InsnGen {
 		return true;
 	}
 
+	private boolean forceAssign(InsnNode inlineInsn, InvokeNode parentInsn, MethodNode callMthNode) {
+		if (parentInsn.getResult() != null) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		if (parentInsn.contains(AFlag.WRAPPED)) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		if (callMthNode.getReturnType().equals(ArgType.VOID)) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		return true;
+	}
+
 	private void makeTernary(TernaryInsn insn, CodeWriter code, Set<Flags> state) throws CodegenException {
 		boolean wrap = state.contains(Flags.BODY_ONLY);
 		if (wrap) {
diff --git a/jadx-core/src/test/java/jadx/tests/integration/inline/TestGetterInlineNegative.java b/jadx-core/src/test/java/jadx/tests/integration/inline/TestGetterInlineNegative.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7ce971fe0f551a4799f35f3b3584f8d3c56a5779
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jadx-core/src/test/java/jadx/tests/integration/inline/TestGetterInlineNegative.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package jadx.tests.integration.inline;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import jadx.core.dex.nodes.ClassNode;
+import jadx.tests.api.SmaliTest;
+
+import static jadx.tests.api.utils.JadxMatchers.containsOne;
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.containsString;
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.not;
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+
+public class TestGetterInlineNegative extends SmaliTest {
+
+	// @formatter:off
+	/*
+		public class TestGetterInlineNegative {
+			public static final String field = "some string";
+
+			public static synthetic String getter() {
+				return field;
+			}
+
+			public void test() {
+				getter(); // inline will produce 'field;' and fail to compile with 'not a statement' error
+			}
+
+			public String test2() {
+				return getter();
+			}
+		}
+	*/
+	// @formatter:on
+
+	@Test
+	public void test() {
+		ClassNode cls = getClassNodeFromSmali();
+		String code = cls.getCode().toString();
+
+		assertThat(code, not(containsString(indent() + "field;")));
+		assertThat(code, containsOne("return field;"));
+	}
+}
diff --git a/jadx-core/src/test/smali/inline/TestGetterInlineNegative.smali b/jadx-core/src/test/smali/inline/TestGetterInlineNegative.smali
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9456c87f161808bad947bba71b605625cf44ce44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jadx-core/src/test/smali/inline/TestGetterInlineNegative.smali
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+.class public Linline/TestGetterInlineNegative;
+.super Ljava/lang/Object;
+
+.field public static final field:Ljava/lang/String; = "some string"
+
+.method public static synthetic getter()Ljava/lang/String;
+    .locals 1
+
+    sget-object v0, Linline/TestGetterInlineNegative;->field:Ljava/lang/String;
+
+    return-object v0
+.end method
+
+.method public test()V
+    .locals 1
+
+    invoke-static {}, Linline/TestGetterInlineNegative;->getter()Ljava/lang/String;
+
+    return-void
+.end method
+
+.method public test2()Ljava/lang/String;
+    .locals 2
+
+    invoke-static {}, Linline/TestGetterInlineNegative;->getter()Ljava/lang/String;
+    move-result-object v1
+
+    return-object v1
+.end method