diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/lflang/generator/c/CTriggerObjectsGenerator.java b/core/src/main/java/org/lflang/generator/c/CTriggerObjectsGenerator.java
index 77e7eee22e..98aec56d80 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/lflang/generator/c/CTriggerObjectsGenerator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/lflang/generator/c/CTriggerObjectsGenerator.java
@@ -814,6 +814,9 @@ private static String deferredInitializeNonNested(
       CTypes types) {
     var code = new CodeBuilder();
     code.pr("// **** Start non-nested deferred initialize for " + reactor.getFullName());
+    // Initialization within a for loop iterating
+    // over bank members of reactor
+    code.startScopedBlock(reactor);
     // Initialize the num_destinations fields of port structs on the self struct.
     // This needs to be outside the above scoped block because it performs
     // its own iteration over ranges.
@@ -830,6 +833,7 @@ private static String deferredInitializeNonNested(
     for (ReactorInstance child : reactor.children) {
       code.pr(deferredInitializeNonNested(child, main, child.reactions, types));
     }
+    code.endScopedBlock();
     code.pr("// **** End of non-nested deferred initialize for " + reactor.getFullName());
     return code.toString();
   }
diff --git a/test/C/src/multiport/MultiBank_UnconnectedOutput_Test.lf b/test/C/src/multiport/MultiBank_UnconnectedOutput_Test.lf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..20e79de508
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/C/src/multiport/MultiBank_UnconnectedOutput_Test.lf
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+target C {
+  workers: 1
+}
+
+reactor echo<entry_T>(bank_index: int = 0) {
+  input request: entry_T
+  output response: entry_T
+
+  output unconnected: entry_T
+
+  reaction(request) -> response {=
+    int req = request->value;
+    lf_set (response, request->value);
+  =}
+}
+
+reactor testing_echo(bank_index: int = 0) {
+  output req: int
+  input resp: int
+
+  state seed: uint32_t = 0
+
+  reaction(startup) -> req {=
+    lf_set (req, 42 + self->bank_index);
+  =}
+
+  reaction(resp) {=
+    int sum = self->bank_index + 42;
+    int received = resp->value;
+    printf("Bank index: %d, received: %d\n", self->bank_index, received);
+    if (received != sum) {
+      printf("Wrong value. Should have been %d.\n", sum);
+      exit(1);
+    }
+  =}
+}
+
+main reactor MultiBank_UnconnectedOutput_Test {
+  test = new[2] testing_echo()
+  e = new[2] echo<int>()
+
+  test.req -> e.request
+  e.response -> test.resp
+}
diff --git a/test/C/src/multiport/MultiPort_MultiBankTest_UnconnectedOutput_Test.lf b/test/C/src/multiport/MultiPort_MultiBankTest_UnconnectedOutput_Test.lf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ed1864b906
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/C/src/multiport/MultiPort_MultiBankTest_UnconnectedOutput_Test.lf
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+target C {
+  workers: 1
+}
+
+reactor adder<entry_T>(n_ports: int = 1) {
+  input[n_ports] add_request: entry_T
+  output add_response: entry_T
+
+  output[n_ports] unconnected: entry_T
+
+  state sum: entry_T = 0
+
+  reaction(add_request) -> add_response {=
+    for (int i = 0; i < add_request_width; ++i) {
+        if (add_request[i]->is_present) {
+            self->sum += add_request[i]->value;
+        }
+    }
+    lf_set (add_response, self->sum);
+    self->sum = 0;
+  =}
+}
+
+reactor testing_adder(bank_index: int = 0, bank_width: int = 1) {
+  output add_req: int
+  output result_req: int
+
+  input add_resp: int
+  input unconnected: int
+
+  reaction(startup) -> add_req {=
+    lf_set (add_req, 42);
+  =}
+
+  reaction(add_resp) {=
+    int sum = self->bank_width * 42;
+    int received = add_resp->value;
+    printf("Bank index: %d, received: %d\n", self->bank_index, received);
+    if (received != sum) {
+      printf("Wrong value. Should have been %d.\n", sum);
+      exit(1);
+    }
+  =}
+}
+
+main reactor MultiPort_MultiBankTest_UnconnectedOutput_Test {
+  test = new[2] testing_adder(bank_width=2)
+  a = new adder<int>(n_ports=2)
+
+  test.add_req -> a.add_request
+  (a.add_response)+ -> test.add_resp
+}