diff --git a/src/compiler/irgen.js b/src/compiler/irgen.js
index b1b8ded5..ca3d7f31 100644
--- a/src/compiler/irgen.js
+++ b/src/compiler/irgen.js
@@ -1229,17 +1229,19 @@ class ScriptTreeGenerator {
         const variable = block.fields[fieldName];
         const id = variable.id;
 
-        if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(this.variableCache, id)) {
+        if (id && Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(this.variableCache, id)) {
             return this.variableCache[id];
         }
 
         const data = this._descendVariable(id, variable.value, type);
-        this.variableCache[id] = data;
+        // If variable ID was null, this might do some unnecessary updates, but that is a rare
+        // edge case and it won't have any adverse effects anyways.
+        this.variableCache[data.id] = data;
         return data;
     }
 
     /**
-     * @param {string} id The ID of the variable.
+     * @param {string|null} id The ID of the variable.
      * @param {string} name The name of the variable.
      * @param {''|'list'} type The variable type.
      * @private
diff --git a/test/fixtures/execute/tw-block-with-null-for-variable-id.sb3 b/test/fixtures/execute/tw-block-with-null-for-variable-id.sb3
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..68b151ee
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/fixtures/execute/tw-block-with-null-for-variable-id.sb3 differ
diff --git a/test/snapshot/__snapshots__/tw-block-with-null-for-variable-id.sb3.tw-snapshot b/test/snapshot/__snapshots__/tw-block-with-null-for-variable-id.sb3.tw-snapshot
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..17631a6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/snapshot/__snapshots__/tw-block-with-null-for-variable-id.sb3.tw-snapshot
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+// TW Snapshot
+// Input SHA-256: 99bb22ac4fb2542ce3c21fa7d2025f03d15392a33850585a4d12f4ec558663ac
+
+// Sprite1 script
+(function factoryXYZ(thread) { const target = thread.target; const runtime = target.runtime; const stage = runtime.getTargetForStage();
+const b0 = runtime.getOpcodeFunction("looks_say");
+const b1 = stage.variables["`jEk@4|i[#Fk?(8x)AV.-my variable"];
+const b2 = stage.variables[")|GMR5fz;%F_H,c0wGVM"];
+return function* genXYZ () {
+yield* executeInCompatibilityLayer({"MESSAGE":"plan 2",}, b0, false, false, "c", null);
+b1.value = 1;
+b2.value = 2;
+yield* waitThreads(startHats("event_whenbroadcastreceived", { BROADCAST_OPTION: "check 1" }));
+yield* waitThreads(startHats("event_whenbroadcastreceived", { BROADCAST_OPTION: "check 2" }));
+yield* executeInCompatibilityLayer({"MESSAGE":"end",}, b0, false, false, "k", null);
+retire(); return;
+}; })
+
+// Sprite1 script
+(function factoryXYZ(thread) { const target = thread.target; const runtime = target.runtime; const stage = runtime.getTargetForStage();
+const b0 = stage.variables["`jEk@4|i[#Fk?(8x)AV.-my variable"];
+const b1 = runtime.getOpcodeFunction("looks_say");
+return function* genXYZ () {
+if (((+b0.value || 0) === 1)) {
+yield* executeInCompatibilityLayer({"MESSAGE":"pass variable 1",}, b1, false, false, "m", null);
+}
+retire(); return;
+}; })
+
+// Sprite1 script
+(function factoryXYZ(thread) { const target = thread.target; const runtime = target.runtime; const stage = runtime.getTargetForStage();
+const b0 = stage.variables[")|GMR5fz;%F_H,c0wGVM"];
+const b1 = runtime.getOpcodeFunction("looks_say");
+return function* genXYZ () {
+if (((+b0.value || 0) === 2)) {
+yield* executeInCompatibilityLayer({"MESSAGE":"pass variable 2",}, b1, false, false, "q", null);
+}
+retire(); return;
+}; })
diff --git a/test/snapshot/__snapshots__/warp-timer/tw-block-with-null-for-variable-id.sb3.tw-snapshot b/test/snapshot/__snapshots__/warp-timer/tw-block-with-null-for-variable-id.sb3.tw-snapshot
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..17631a6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/snapshot/__snapshots__/warp-timer/tw-block-with-null-for-variable-id.sb3.tw-snapshot
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+// TW Snapshot
+// Input SHA-256: 99bb22ac4fb2542ce3c21fa7d2025f03d15392a33850585a4d12f4ec558663ac
+
+// Sprite1 script
+(function factoryXYZ(thread) { const target = thread.target; const runtime = target.runtime; const stage = runtime.getTargetForStage();
+const b0 = runtime.getOpcodeFunction("looks_say");
+const b1 = stage.variables["`jEk@4|i[#Fk?(8x)AV.-my variable"];
+const b2 = stage.variables[")|GMR5fz;%F_H,c0wGVM"];
+return function* genXYZ () {
+yield* executeInCompatibilityLayer({"MESSAGE":"plan 2",}, b0, false, false, "c", null);
+b1.value = 1;
+b2.value = 2;
+yield* waitThreads(startHats("event_whenbroadcastreceived", { BROADCAST_OPTION: "check 1" }));
+yield* waitThreads(startHats("event_whenbroadcastreceived", { BROADCAST_OPTION: "check 2" }));
+yield* executeInCompatibilityLayer({"MESSAGE":"end",}, b0, false, false, "k", null);
+retire(); return;
+}; })
+
+// Sprite1 script
+(function factoryXYZ(thread) { const target = thread.target; const runtime = target.runtime; const stage = runtime.getTargetForStage();
+const b0 = stage.variables["`jEk@4|i[#Fk?(8x)AV.-my variable"];
+const b1 = runtime.getOpcodeFunction("looks_say");
+return function* genXYZ () {
+if (((+b0.value || 0) === 1)) {
+yield* executeInCompatibilityLayer({"MESSAGE":"pass variable 1",}, b1, false, false, "m", null);
+}
+retire(); return;
+}; })
+
+// Sprite1 script
+(function factoryXYZ(thread) { const target = thread.target; const runtime = target.runtime; const stage = runtime.getTargetForStage();
+const b0 = stage.variables[")|GMR5fz;%F_H,c0wGVM"];
+const b1 = runtime.getOpcodeFunction("looks_say");
+return function* genXYZ () {
+if (((+b0.value || 0) === 2)) {
+yield* executeInCompatibilityLayer({"MESSAGE":"pass variable 2",}, b1, false, false, "q", null);
+}
+retire(); return;
+}; })