diff --git a/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/IL/Instructions.cs b/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/IL/Instructions.cs
index 4f8ab96eb..2887b0784 100644
--- a/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/IL/Instructions.cs
+++ b/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/IL/Instructions.cs
@@ -1701,13 +1701,53 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Decompiler.IL
 namespace ICSharpCode.Decompiler.IL
 {
 	/// <summary>Using statement</summary>
-	public sealed partial class UsingInstruction : ILInstruction
+	public sealed partial class UsingInstruction : ILInstruction, IStoreInstruction
 	{
-		public UsingInstruction(ILInstruction resourceExpression, ILInstruction body) : base(OpCode.UsingInstruction)
+		public UsingInstruction(ILVariable variable, ILInstruction resourceExpression, ILInstruction body) : base(OpCode.UsingInstruction)
 		{
+			Debug.Assert(variable != null);
+			this.variable = variable;
 			this.ResourceExpression = resourceExpression;
 			this.Body = body;
 		}
+		ILVariable variable;
+		public ILVariable Variable {
+			get { return variable; }
+			set {
+				Debug.Assert(value != null);
+				if (IsConnected)
+					variable.RemoveStoreInstruction(this);
+				variable = value;
+				if (IsConnected)
+					variable.AddStoreInstruction(this);
+			}
+		}
+		
+		public int IndexInStoreInstructionList { get; set; } = -1;
+		
+		int IInstructionWithVariableOperand.IndexInVariableInstructionMapping {
+			get { return ((IStoreInstruction)this).IndexInStoreInstructionList; }
+			set { ((IStoreInstruction)this).IndexInStoreInstructionList = value; }
+		}
+		
+		protected override void Connected()
+		{
+			base.Connected();
+			variable.AddStoreInstruction(this);
+		}
+		
+		protected override void Disconnected()
+		{
+			variable.RemoveStoreInstruction(this);
+			base.Disconnected();
+		}
+		
+		internal override void CheckInvariant(ILPhase phase)
+		{
+			base.CheckInvariant(phase);
+			Debug.Assert(phase <= ILPhase.InILReader || this.IsDescendantOf(variable.Function));
+			Debug.Assert(phase <= ILPhase.InILReader || variable.Function.Variables[variable.IndexInFunction] == variable);
+		}
 		public static readonly SlotInfo ResourceExpressionSlot = new SlotInfo("ResourceExpression", canInlineInto: true);
 		ILInstruction resourceExpression;
 		public ILInstruction ResourceExpression {
@@ -1775,11 +1815,11 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Decompiler.IL
 		public override StackType ResultType { get { return StackType.Void; } }
 		protected override InstructionFlags ComputeFlags()
 		{
-			return resourceExpression.Flags | body.Flags | InstructionFlags.ControlFlow | InstructionFlags.SideEffect;
+			return InstructionFlags.MayWriteLocals | resourceExpression.Flags | body.Flags | InstructionFlags.ControlFlow | InstructionFlags.SideEffect;
 		}
 		public override InstructionFlags DirectFlags {
 			get {
-				return InstructionFlags.ControlFlow | InstructionFlags.SideEffect;
+				return InstructionFlags.MayWriteLocals | InstructionFlags.ControlFlow | InstructionFlags.SideEffect;
 			}
 		}
 		public override void AcceptVisitor(ILVisitor visitor)
@@ -1797,7 +1837,7 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Decompiler.IL
 		protected internal override bool PerformMatch(ILInstruction other, ref Patterns.Match match)
 		{
 			var o = other as UsingInstruction;
-			return o != null && this.resourceExpression.PerformMatch(o.resourceExpression, ref match) && this.body.PerformMatch(o.body, ref match);
+			return o != null && variable == o.variable && this.resourceExpression.PerformMatch(o.resourceExpression, ref match) && this.body.PerformMatch(o.body, ref match);
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -5337,14 +5377,16 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Decompiler.IL
 			body = default(ILInstruction);
 			return false;
 		}
-		public bool MatchUsingInstruction(out ILInstruction resourceExpression, out ILInstruction body)
+		public bool MatchUsingInstruction(out ILVariable variable, out ILInstruction resourceExpression, out ILInstruction body)
 		{
 			var inst = this as UsingInstruction;
 			if (inst != null) {
+				variable = inst.Variable;
 				resourceExpression = inst.ResourceExpression;
 				body = inst.Body;
 				return true;
 			}
+			variable = default(ILVariable);
 			resourceExpression = default(ILInstruction);
 			body = default(ILInstruction);
 			return false;
diff --git a/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/IL/Instructions.tt b/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/IL/Instructions.tt
index 3e1d0299c..10ac8995e 100644
--- a/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/IL/Instructions.tt
+++ b/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/IL/Instructions.tt
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
 				new ArgumentInfo("onExpression"),
 				new ChildInfo("body")
 			}), CustomWriteTo, ControlFlow, SideEffect, ResultType("Void")),
-		new OpCode("using", "Using statement", CustomClassName("UsingInstruction"),
+		new OpCode("using", "Using statement", CustomClassName("UsingInstruction"), HasVariableOperand("Store"),
 			CustomChildren(new [] {
 				new ArgumentInfo("resourceExpression"),
 				new ChildInfo("body")
diff --git a/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/IL/Instructions/LockInstruction.cs b/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/IL/Instructions/LockInstruction.cs
index a955e52ae..1350a68eb 100644
--- a/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/IL/Instructions/LockInstruction.cs
+++ b/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/IL/Instructions/LockInstruction.cs
@@ -39,11 +39,25 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Decompiler.IL
 		}
 	}
 
+	/// <summary>
+	/// IL using instruction.
+	/// Equivalent to:
+	/// <code>
+	/// stloc v(resourceExpression)
+	/// try {
+	///    body
+	/// } finally {
+	///    v?.Dispose();
+	/// }
+	/// </code>
+	/// </summary>
 	partial class UsingInstruction
 	{
 		public override void WriteTo(ITextOutput output, ILAstWritingOptions options)
 		{
 			output.Write("using (");
+			Variable.WriteTo(output);
+			output.Write(" = ");
 			ResourceExpression.WriteTo(output, options);
 			output.WriteLine(") {");
 			output.Indent();
diff --git a/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/IL/Transforms/UsingTransform.cs b/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/IL/Transforms/UsingTransform.cs
index 2f932184f..16ad2a45a 100644
--- a/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/IL/Transforms/UsingTransform.cs
+++ b/ICSharpCode.Decompiler/IL/Transforms/UsingTransform.cs
@@ -76,23 +76,9 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Decompiler.IL.Transforms
 				return false;
 			if (!(body.FinallyBlock is BlockContainer container) || !MatchDisposeBlock(container, storeInst.Variable, storeInst.Value.MatchLdNull()))
 				return false;
-			ILInstruction resourceExpression;
-			if (storeInst.Variable.Type.IsReferenceType != false) {
-				if (storeInst.Variable.IsSingleDefinition && storeInst.Variable.LoadCount <= 2) {
-					resourceExpression = storeInst.Value;
-				} else {
-					resourceExpression = storeInst;
-				}
-			} else {
-				if (storeInst.Variable.StoreCount == 1 && storeInst.Variable.LoadCount == 0 && storeInst.Variable.AddressCount == 1) {
-					resourceExpression = storeInst.Value;
-				} else {
-					resourceExpression = storeInst;
-				}
-			}
 			context.Step("UsingTransform", body);
 			block.Instructions.RemoveAt(i);
-			block.Instructions[i - 1] = new UsingInstruction(resourceExpression, body.TryBlock);
+			block.Instructions[i - 1] = new UsingInstruction(storeInst.Variable, storeInst.Value, body.TryBlock);
 			return true;
 		}