diff --git a/lib/ast.js b/lib/ast.js
index 739c21c2..e61a31e5 100644
--- a/lib/ast.js
+++ b/lib/ast.js
@@ -206,12 +206,13 @@ var AST_LabeledStatement = DEFNODE("LabeledStatement", "label", {
     clone: function(deep) {
         var node = this._clone(deep);
         if (deep) {
-            var refs = node.label.references;
-            var label = this.label;
+            var label = node.label;
+            var def = this.label;
             node.walk(new TreeWalker(function(node) {
                 if (node instanceof AST_LoopControl
-                    && node.label && node.label.thedef === label) {
-                    refs.push(node);
+                    && node.label && node.label.thedef === def) {
+                    node.label.thedef = label;
+                    label.references.push(node);
                 }
             }));
         }
diff --git a/test/compress/issue-1833.js b/test/compress/issue-1833.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1162cf00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/compress/issue-1833.js
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+iife_for: {
+    options = {
+        negate_iife: true,
+        reduce_vars: true,
+        toplevel: true,
+        unused: true,
+    }
+    input: {
+        function f() {
+            function g() {
+                L: for (;;) break L;
+            }
+            g();
+        }
+        f();
+    }
+    expect: {
+        !function() {
+            !function() {
+                L: for (;;) break L;
+            }();
+        }();
+    }
+}
+
+iife_for_in: {
+    options = {
+        negate_iife: true,
+        reduce_vars: true,
+        toplevel: true,
+        unused: true,
+    }
+    input: {
+        function f() {
+            function g() {
+                L: for (var a in x) break L;
+            }
+            g();
+        }
+        f();
+    }
+    expect: {
+        !function() {
+            !function() {
+                L: for (var a in x) break L;
+            }();
+        }();
+    }
+}
+
+iife_do: {
+    options = {
+        negate_iife: true,
+        reduce_vars: true,
+        toplevel: true,
+        unused: true,
+    }
+    input: {
+        function f() {
+            function g() {
+                L: do {
+                    break L;
+                } while (1);
+            }
+            g();
+        }
+        f();
+    }
+    expect: {
+        !function() {
+            !function() {
+                L: do {
+                    break L;
+                } while (1);
+            }();
+        }();
+    }
+}
+
+iife_while: {
+    options = {
+        negate_iife: true,
+        reduce_vars: true,
+        toplevel: true,
+        unused: true,
+    }
+    input: {
+        function f() {
+            function g() {
+                L: while (1) break L;
+            }
+            g();
+        }
+        f();
+    }
+    expect: {
+        !function() {
+            !function() {
+                L: while (1) break L;
+            }();
+        }();
+    }
+}