diff --git a/compiler/injectdestructors.nim b/compiler/injectdestructors.nim
index 0572bae76d17..1db85810dddd 100644
--- a/compiler/injectdestructors.nim
+++ b/compiler/injectdestructors.nim
@@ -317,8 +317,9 @@ proc isCriticalLink(dest: PNode): bool {.inline.} =
   ]#
   result = dest.kind != nkSym
 
-proc finishCopy(c: var Con; result, dest: PNode; isFromSink: bool) =
-  if c.graph.config.selectedGC == gcOrc:
+proc finishCopy(c: var Con; result, dest: PNode; flags: set[MoveOrCopyFlag]; isFromSink: bool) =
+  if c.graph.config.selectedGC == gcOrc and IsExplicitSink notin flags:
+    # add cyclic flag, but not to sink calls, which IsExplicitSink generates
     let t = dest.typ.skipTypes(tyUserTypeClasses + {tyGenericInst, tyAlias, tySink, tyDistinct})
     if cyclicType(c.graph, t):
       result.add boolLit(c.graph, result.info, isFromSink or isCriticalLink(dest))
@@ -1173,9 +1174,7 @@ proc moveOrCopy(dest, ri: PNode; c: var Con; s: var Scope, flags: set[MoveOrCopy
         result = c.genCopy(dest, ri, flags)
         dec c.inEnsureMove, isEnsureMove
         result.add p(ri, c, s, consumed)
-        if IsExplicitSink notin flags:
-          # add cyclic flag, but not to sink
-          c.finishCopy(result, dest, isFromSink = false)
+        c.finishCopy(result, dest, flags, isFromSink = false)
     of nkBracket:
       # array constructor
       if ri.len > 0 and isDangerousSeq(ri.typ):
@@ -1183,9 +1182,7 @@ proc moveOrCopy(dest, ri: PNode; c: var Con; s: var Scope, flags: set[MoveOrCopy
         result = c.genCopy(dest, ri, flags)
         dec c.inEnsureMove, isEnsureMove
         result.add p(ri, c, s, consumed)
-        if IsExplicitSink notin flags:
-          # add cyclic flag, but not to sink
-          c.finishCopy(result, dest, isFromSink = false)
+        c.finishCopy(result, dest, flags, isFromSink = false)
       else:
         result = c.genSink(s, dest, p(ri, c, s, consumed), flags)
     of nkObjConstr, nkTupleConstr, nkClosure, nkCharLit..nkNilLit:
@@ -1206,9 +1203,7 @@ proc moveOrCopy(dest, ri: PNode; c: var Con; s: var Scope, flags: set[MoveOrCopy
         result = c.genCopy(dest, ri, flags)
         dec c.inEnsureMove, isEnsureMove
         result.add p(ri, c, s, consumed)
-        if IsExplicitSink notin flags:
-          # add cyclic flag, but not to sink
-          c.finishCopy(result, dest, isFromSink = false)
+        c.finishCopy(result, dest, flags, isFromSink = false)
     of nkHiddenSubConv, nkHiddenStdConv, nkConv, nkObjDownConv, nkObjUpConv, nkCast:
       result = c.genSink(s, dest, p(ri, c, s, sinkArg), flags)
     of nkStmtListExpr, nkBlockExpr, nkIfExpr, nkCaseStmt, nkTryStmt:
@@ -1228,9 +1223,7 @@ proc moveOrCopy(dest, ri: PNode; c: var Con; s: var Scope, flags: set[MoveOrCopy
         result = c.genCopy(dest, ri, flags)
         dec c.inEnsureMove, isEnsureMove
         result.add p(ri, c, s, consumed)
-        if IsExplicitSink notin flags:
-          # add cyclic flag, but not to sink
-          c.finishCopy(result, dest, isFromSink = false)
+        c.finishCopy(result, dest, flags, isFromSink = false)
 
 when false:
   proc computeUninit(c: var Con) =