diff -r bb28fe19fe44 sys/src/cmd/cc/dcl.c
--- a/sys/src/cmd/cc/dcl.c	Mon Aug 19 16:42:20 2019 +0200
+++ b/sys/src/cmd/cc/dcl.c	Wed Aug 21 11:51:58 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){
+				nod = *a->left;
+				nod->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);