diff --git a/dace/subsets.py b/dace/subsets.py
index 831666cc28..82cc9e8797 100644
--- a/dace/subsets.py
+++ b/dace/subsets.py
@@ -953,7 +953,7 @@ def offset_by(self, off: Collection, negative: bool):
         return Indices([self.indices[i] + mult * off for i, off in enumerate(off)])
 
     def offset_new(self, other, negative, indices=None):
-        assert indices is None
+        assert not indices
         if not isinstance(other, Subset):
             if isinstance(other, (list, tuple)):
                 other = Indices(other)
diff --git a/tests/python_frontend/nested_name_accesses_test.py b/tests/python_frontend/nested_name_accesses_test.py
index 1e5b18b840..5db6152f78 100644
--- a/tests/python_frontend/nested_name_accesses_test.py
+++ b/tests/python_frontend/nested_name_accesses_test.py
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ def test_access_to_nested_transient_dappy():
     KLON = 4
     NBLOCKS = 5
 
-    @dc.program
+    @dc.program(auto_optimize=False)
     def small_wip_dappy(inp: dc.float64[KLEV+1, KLON, NBLOCKS], out: dc.float64[KLEV, KLON, NBLOCKS]):
         for jn in dc.map[0:NBLOCKS]:
             tmp = np.zeros([KLEV+1, KLON])