diff --git a/tslang/lib/TypeScript/MLIRGenExpressions.cpp b/tslang/lib/TypeScript/MLIRGenExpressions.cpp
index 6d19b54fc..bdd9cd7c1 100644
--- a/tslang/lib/TypeScript/MLIRGenExpressions.cpp
+++ b/tslang/lib/TypeScript/MLIRGenExpressions.cpp
@@ -688,6 +688,7 @@ namespace mlirgen
         if (!staticCondition.value_or(false))
         {
             SymbolTableScopeT varScope(symbolTable);
+            SafeTypesMapScopeT safeTypesMapScope(safeTypesMap);
             if (elseSafeCase.safeType)
             {
                 addSafeCastStatement(elseSafeCase.expr, elseSafeCase.safeType, false, nullptr, genContext);
diff --git a/tslang/lib/TypeScript/MLIRGenImpl.h b/tslang/lib/TypeScript/MLIRGenImpl.h
index 9785ef562..98fb27683 100644
--- a/tslang/lib/TypeScript/MLIRGenImpl.h
+++ b/tslang/lib/TypeScript/MLIRGenImpl.h
@@ -4593,6 +4593,7 @@ class MLIRGenImpl
             else
             {
                 SymbolTableScopeT varScope(symbolTable);
+                SafeTypesMapScopeT safeTypesMapScope(safeTypesMap);
                 if (elseSafeCase.safeType)
                 {
                     addSafeCastStatement(elseSafeCase.expr, elseSafeCase.safeType, false, nullptr, genContext);
diff --git a/tslang/lib/TypeScript/MLIRGenStatements.cpp b/tslang/lib/TypeScript/MLIRGenStatements.cpp
index f483c8add..d28fba91a 100644
--- a/tslang/lib/TypeScript/MLIRGenStatements.cpp
+++ b/tslang/lib/TypeScript/MLIRGenStatements.cpp
@@ -537,6 +537,8 @@ namespace mlirgen
         {
             builder.setInsertionPointToStart(&ifOp.getElseRegion().front());
             SymbolTableScopeT varScope(symbolTable);
+            // the else narrowing maps a field to a value of this region; it must not outlive it
+            SafeTypesMapScopeT safeTypesMapScope(safeTypesMap);
 
             auto processIf = !literalValue.has_value() || !literalValue.value();
             if (processIf)
diff --git a/tslang/test/tester/CMakeLists.txt b/tslang/test/tester/CMakeLists.txt
index b0c00aba6..630d58d79 100644
--- a/tslang/test/tester/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tslang/test/tester/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -530,6 +530,7 @@ tslang_add_test(NAME test-compile-00-safe-cast-while COMMAND test-runner "${PROJ
 tslang_add_test(NAME test-compile-01-safe-cast-while COMMAND test-runner "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/test/tester/tests/01safe_cast_while.ts")
 tslang_add_test(NAME test-compile-00-safe-cast-field-access COMMAND test-runner "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/test/tester/tests/00safe_cast_field_access.ts")
 tslang_add_test(NAME test-compile-00-safe-cast-null-field COMMAND test-runner "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/test/tester/tests/00safe_cast_null_field.ts")
+tslang_add_test(NAME test-compile-00-safe-cast-else-scope COMMAND test-runner "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/test/tester/tests/00safe_cast_else_scope.ts")
 tslang_add_test(NAME test-compile-00-safe-cast-bug COMMAND test-runner "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/test/tester/tests/00safe_cast_bug.ts")
 tslang_add_test(NAME test-compile-00-optional COMMAND test-runner "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/test/tester/tests/00optional.ts")
 tslang_add_test(NAME test-compile-01-optional COMMAND test-runner "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/test/tester/tests/01optional.ts")
@@ -973,6 +974,7 @@ tslang_add_test(NAME test-jit-00-safe-cast-while COMMAND test-runner -jit "${PRO
 tslang_add_test(NAME test-jit-01-safe-cast-while COMMAND test-runner -jit "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/test/tester/tests/01safe_cast_while.ts")
 tslang_add_test(NAME test-jit-00-safe-cast-field-access COMMAND test-runner -jit "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/test/tester/tests/00safe_cast_field_access.ts")
 tslang_add_test(NAME test-jit-00-safe-cast-null-field COMMAND test-runner -jit "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/test/tester/tests/00safe_cast_null_field.ts")
+tslang_add_test(NAME test-jit-00-safe-cast-else-scope COMMAND test-runner -jit "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/test/tester/tests/00safe_cast_else_scope.ts")
 tslang_add_test(NAME test-jit-00-safe-cast-bug COMMAND test-runner -jit "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/test/tester/tests/00safe_cast_bug.ts")
 tslang_add_test(NAME test-jit-00-optional COMMAND test-runner -jit "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/test/tester/tests/00optional.ts")
 tslang_add_test(NAME test-jit-01-optional COMMAND test-runner -jit "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/test/tester/tests/01optional.ts")
@@ -1758,6 +1760,7 @@ set(TSLANG_CORPUS
     00safe_cast_bug.ts
     00safe_cast_field_access.ts
     00safe_cast_null_field.ts
+    00safe_cast_else_scope.ts
     00safe_cast_typeof.ts
     00safe_cast_while.ts
     00safe_cast.ts
diff --git a/tslang/test/tester/tests/00safe_cast_else_scope.ts b/tslang/test/tester/tests/00safe_cast_else_scope.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7362a3b45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tslang/test/tester/tests/00safe_cast_else_scope.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+// Narrowing a field in an else branch (or a conditional's false side) must end with that branch.
+// It leaked into the rest of the function and into the next method compiled, which then read a
+// value of a discarded region: a crash, or a bogus "saving to constant object" (#231).
+
+class N {
+    v: number = 1;
+}
+
+class L {
+    head: N | null = null;
+
+    ifElse(): number {
+        if (this.head === null) {
+            return 0;
+        } else {
+            return this.head.v;
+        }
+    }
+
+    ternary(): number {
+        return this.head === null ? 0 : this.head.v;
+    }
+
+    afterIfElse(): boolean {
+        let r = 0;
+        if (this.head === null) {
+            r = 1;
+        } else {
+            r = 2;
+        }
+
+        return this.head === null;
+    }
+
+    isEmpty(): boolean {
+        return this.head === null;
+    }
+}
+
+function main() {
+    const l = new L();
+    assert(l.ifElse() == 0);
+    assert(l.ternary() == 0);
+    assert(l.afterIfElse());
+    assert(l.isEmpty());
+
+    l.head = new N();
+    assert(l.ifElse() == 1);
+    assert(l.ternary() == 1);
+    assert(!l.afterIfElse());
+    assert(!l.isEmpty());
+
+    print("done.");
+}