diff --git a/src/boot/boot.janet b/src/boot/boot.janet
index 602c8a2e8..c6c1ff279 100644
--- a/src/boot/boot.janet
+++ b/src/boot/boot.janet
@@ -668,14 +668,20 @@
   (def len (length bindings))
   (if (= 0 len) (error "expected at least 1 binding"))
   (if (odd? len) (error "expected an even number of bindings"))
+  (def res (gensym))
   (defn aux [i]
     (if (>= i len)
-      tru
+      ~(do (set ,res ,tru) true)
       (do
         (def bl (in bindings i))
         (def br (in bindings (+ 1 i)))
-        (tuple 'if (tuple 'def bl br) (aux (+ 2 i)) fal))))
-  (aux 0))
+        (if (symbol? bl)
+          ~(if (def ,bl ,br) ,(aux (+ 2 i)))
+          ~(if (def ,(def sym (gensym)) ,br)
+             (do (def ,bl ,sym) ,(aux (+ 2 i))))))))
+  ~(do
+     (var ,res nil)
+     (if ,(aux 0) ,res ,fal)))
 
 (defmacro when-let
   "Same as `(if-let bindings (do ;body))`."
diff --git a/test/suite-boot.janet b/test/suite-boot.janet
index 17cdb0d51..77a2bc921 100644
--- a/test/suite-boot.janet
+++ b/test/suite-boot.janet
@@ -129,6 +129,13 @@
 (assert (= (if-let [a my-array k (next a 5)] :t :f) :f) "if-let 4")
 (assert (= (if-let [[a b] my-array] a) 1) "if-let 5")
 (assert (= (if-let [{:a a :b b} {:a 1 :b 2}] b) 2) "if-let 6")
+(assert (= (if-let [[a b] nil] :t :f) :f) "if-let 7")
+
+# #1191
+(var cnt 0)
+(defmacro upcnt [] (++ cnt))
+(assert (= (if-let [a true b true c true] nil (upcnt)) nil) "issue #1191")
+(assert (= cnt 1) "issue #1191")
 
 (assert (= 14 (sum (map inc @[1 2 3 4]))) "sum map")
 (def myfun (juxt + - * /))