diff --git a/loopy/target/pyopencl.py b/loopy/target/pyopencl.py
index 186c2e85c664381e8c470fcb1570372500a196a8..744c03d8ed091bc0f05e4fc41aa14e88ec89276a 100644
--- a/loopy/target/pyopencl.py
+++ b/loopy/target/pyopencl.py
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ def adjust_local_temp_var_storage(kernel, device):
 
         if not temp_var.shape:
             # scalar, no need to mess with storage shape
+            new_temp_vars[temp_var.name] = temp_var
             continue
 
         other_loctemp_nbytes = [