diff -r 38229f438d8d sys/src/cmd/cc/dcl.c
--- a/sys/src/cmd/cc/dcl.c	Mon Aug 12 19:15:02 2019 +0200
+++ b/sys/src/cmd/cc/dcl.c	Tue Aug 13 17:58:14 2019 -0700
@@ -346,6 +346,13 @@
 		if(a->type == T)
 			return Z;
 
+		if(a->op == OADD){
+			if(a->left->op == OADDR && a->right->op == OCONST){
+				l = a->left;
+				l->left->xoffset += a->right->vconst;
+				a = l;
+			}
+		}
 		if(a->op == OCONST) {
 			if(vconst(a) && t->etype == TIND && a->type && a->type->etype != TIND){
 				diag(a, "initialize pointer to an integer: %s", s->name);