diff --git a/src/engine.rs b/src/engine.rs
index cb56c28b..24a1b20b 100644
--- a/src/engine.rs
+++ b/src/engine.rs
@@ -1347,7 +1347,11 @@ impl Engine {
                     // Normal assignment
                     ScopeEntryType::Normal if op.is_empty() => {
                         if cfg!(not(feature = "no_shared")) && lhs_ptr.is_shared() {
-                            *lhs_ptr.write_lock::<Dynamic>().unwrap() = rhs_val;
+                            *lhs_ptr.write_lock::<Dynamic>().unwrap() = if rhs_val.is_shared() {
+                                rhs_val.clone_inner_data().unwrap()
+                            } else {
+                                rhs_val
+                            };
                         } else {
                             *lhs_ptr = rhs_val;
                         }
@@ -1368,19 +1372,16 @@ impl Engine {
                             .get_fn(hash_fn, false)
                             .or_else(|| self.packages.get_fn(hash_fn, false))
                         {
-                            #[cfg(not(feature = "no_shared"))]
-                            let mut lock_guard;
+                            if cfg!(not(feature = "no_shared")) && lhs_ptr.is_shared() {
+                                let mut lock_guard = lhs_ptr.write_lock::<Dynamic>().unwrap();
+                                let lhs_ptr_inner = lock_guard.deref_mut();
 
-                            #[cfg(not(feature = "no_shared"))]
-                            let lhs_ptr = if lhs_ptr.is_shared() {
-                                lock_guard = Some(lhs_ptr.write_lock::<Dynamic>().unwrap());
-                                lock_guard.as_deref_mut().unwrap()
+                                // Overriding exact implementation
+                                func(self, lib, &mut [lhs_ptr_inner, &mut rhs_val])?;
                             } else {
-                                lhs_ptr
-                            };
-
-                            // Overriding exact implementation
-                            func(self, lib, &mut [lhs_ptr, &mut rhs_val])?;
+                                // Overriding exact implementation
+                                func(self, lib, &mut [lhs_ptr, &mut rhs_val])?;
+                            }
                         } else if run_builtin_op_assignment(op, lhs_ptr, &rhs_val)?.is_none() {
                             // Not built in, map to `var = var op rhs`
                             let op = &op[..op.len() - 1]; // extract operator without =
@@ -1396,7 +1397,11 @@ impl Engine {
                                 .map_err(|err| err.new_position(*op_pos))?;
 
                             if cfg!(not(feature = "no_shared")) && lhs_ptr.is_shared() {
-                                *lhs_ptr.write_lock::<Dynamic>().unwrap() = value;
+                                *lhs_ptr.write_lock::<Dynamic>().unwrap() = if value.is_shared() {
+                                    value.clone_inner_data().unwrap()
+                                } else {
+                                    value
+                                };
                             } else {
                                 *lhs_ptr = value;
                             }