diff --git a/slither/solc_parsing/yul/parse_yul.py b/slither/solc_parsing/yul/parse_yul.py
index 8657947eaf..cf942ea59c 100644
--- a/slither/solc_parsing/yul/parse_yul.py
+++ b/slither/solc_parsing/yul/parse_yul.py
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ def parse_yul_function_call(root: YulScope, node: YulNode, ast: Dict) -> Optiona
 def _check_for_state_variable_name(root: YulScope, potential_name: str) -> Optional[Identifier]:
     root_function = root.function
     if isinstance(root_function, FunctionContract):
-        var = root_function.contract.get_state_variable_from_name(potential_name)
+        var = root_function.contract_declarer.get_state_variable_from_name(potential_name)
         if var:
             return Identifier(var)
     return None
diff --git a/tests/unit/slithir/test_data/assembly_storage_slot.sol b/tests/unit/slithir/test_data/assembly_storage_slot.sol
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..244f24fe6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/slithir/test_data/assembly_storage_slot.sol
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+contract YYY {
+    mapping(address => uint256) private _counters;
+    function _getPackedBucketGlobalState(uint256 bucketId) internal view returns (uint256 packedGlobalState) {
+        assembly {
+            mstore(0x0, bucketId)
+            mstore(0x20, _counters.slot)
+            let slot := keccak256(0x0, 0x40)
+            packedGlobalState := sload(slot)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+contract XXX is YYY {
+    function getPackedBucketGlobalState(uint256 bucketId) external {
+        _getPackedBucketGlobalState(bucketId);
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/unit/slithir/test_yul_parser_assembly_slot.py b/tests/unit/slithir/test_yul_parser_assembly_slot.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..da800b55e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/slithir/test_yul_parser_assembly_slot.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+from slither import Slither
+
+from slither.core.expressions import CallExpression
+from slither.core.expressions.identifier import Identifier
+from slither.core.expressions.literal import Literal
+from slither.core.variables.state_variable import StateVariable
+from slither.core.variables.local_variable import LocalVariable
+
+
+TEST_DATA_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent / "test_data"
+
+
+def test_yul_parser_assembly_slot(solc_binary_path) -> None:
+    # mstore(0x0, bucketId)
+    # mstore(0x20, _counters.slot)
+    data = {"0x0": "bucketId", "0x20": "_counters"}
+
+    solc_path = solc_binary_path("0.8.18")
+    slither = Slither(Path(TEST_DATA_DIR, "assembly_storage_slot.sol").as_posix(), solc=solc_path)
+
+    contract = slither.get_contract_from_name("XXX")[0]
+    func = contract.get_function_from_full_name("getPackedBucketGlobalState(uint256)")
+    calls = [
+        node.expression
+        for node in func.all_nodes()
+        if node.expression and "mstore" in str(node.expression)
+    ]
+
+    for call in calls:
+        assert isinstance(call, CallExpression)
+        memory_location = call.arguments[0]
+        value = call.arguments[1]
+        assert isinstance(memory_location, Literal)
+        assert isinstance(value, Identifier)
+        assert value.value.name == data[memory_location.value]
+        if value.value.name == "_counters":
+            assert isinstance(value.value, StateVariable)
+        elif value.value.name == "bucketId":
+            assert isinstance(value.value, LocalVariable)