diff --git a/util/ego/cs/cs_getent.c b/util/ego/cs/cs_getent.c
index e2bd9635a..c50d172cc 100644
--- a/util/ego/cs/cs_getent.c
+++ b/util/ego/cs/cs_getent.c
@@ -210,8 +210,11 @@ entity_p getentity(lnp, l_out)
 			break;
 		case ENALOCBASE:
 		case ENAARGBASE:
-			en.en_static = TRUE;
 			en.en_levels = off_set(lnp);
+			if (en.en_levels == 0) {
+				/* otherwise the program could change it */
+				en.en_static = TRUE;
+			}
 			break;
 		case ENPROC:
 			en.en_pro = PROC(lnp);
diff --git a/util/ego/cs/cs_kill.c b/util/ego/cs/cs_kill.c
index 5a2414c9d..331f87745 100644
--- a/util/ego/cs/cs_kill.c
+++ b/util/ego/cs/cs_kill.c
@@ -224,6 +224,12 @@ STATIC kill_local(enp, indir)
 					}
 				}
 				break;
+			case ENALOCBASE:
+			case ENAARGBASE:
+				if (enp->en_loc == 0 && rep->en_levels >= 1) {
+					rep->en_vn = newvalnum();
+				}
+				break;
 		}
 	}
 }