diff --git a/clang/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Core/RegionStore.cpp b/clang/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Core/RegionStore.cpp
index 8e9d6fe59e6ae..af0ef52334bd7 100644
--- a/clang/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Core/RegionStore.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Core/RegionStore.cpp
@@ -2658,14 +2658,20 @@ RegionStoreManager::bindArray(LimitedRegionBindingsConstRef B,
     return bindAggregate(B, R, V);
   }
 
-  // Handle lazy compound values.
+  // FIXME Single value constant should have been handled before this call to
+  // bindArray. This is only a hotfix to not crash.
+  if (Init.isConstant())
+    return bindAggregate(B, R, Init);
+
   if (std::optional LCV = Init.getAs<nonloc::LazyCompoundVal>()) {
     if (std::optional NewB = tryBindSmallArray(B, R, AT, *LCV))
       return *NewB;
-
     return bindAggregate(B, R, Init);
   }
 
+  if (isa<nonloc::SymbolVal>(Init))
+    return bindAggregate(B, R, Init);
+
   if (Init.isUnknown())
     return bindAggregate(B, R, UnknownVal());
 
diff --git a/clang/test/Analysis/initializer.cpp b/clang/test/Analysis/initializer.cpp
index 713e121168571..88758f7c3ac1d 100644
--- a/clang/test/Analysis/initializer.cpp
+++ b/clang/test/Analysis/initializer.cpp
@@ -610,3 +610,51 @@ void top() {
   consume(parseMatchComponent());
 }
 } // namespace elementwise_copy_small_array_from_post_initializer_of_cctor
+
+namespace gh147686 {
+// The problem reported in https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/147686
+// is sensitive to the initializer form: using parenthesis to initialize m_ptr
+// resulted in crashes when analyzing *m_ptr = '\0'; but using braces is fine.
+
+struct A {
+  A() : m_ptr(m_buf) { *m_ptr = '\0'; } // no-crash
+  A(int overload) : m_ptr{m_buf} { *m_ptr = '\0'; }
+  A(char src) : m_ptr(m_buf) { *m_ptr = src; } // no-crash
+  A(char src, int overload) : m_ptr{m_buf} { *m_ptr = src; }
+  char m_buf[64] = {0};
+  char * m_ptr;
+};
+
+void test1() {
+  A a;
+  clang_analyzer_eval(a.m_buf[0] == 0); // expected-warning{{TRUE}}
+  // FIXME The next eval should result in TRUE.
+  clang_analyzer_eval(*a.m_ptr == 0); // expected-warning{{UNKNOWN}}
+}
+
+void test2() {
+  A a(314);
+  clang_analyzer_eval(a.m_buf[0] == 0); // expected-warning{{TRUE}}
+  clang_analyzer_eval(*a.m_ptr == 0); // expected-warning{{TRUE}}
+}
+
+void test3() {
+  A a(0);
+  clang_analyzer_eval(a.m_buf[0] == 0); // expected-warning{{TRUE}}
+  clang_analyzer_eval(*a.m_ptr == 0); // expected-warning{{TRUE}}
+}
+
+void test3Bis(char arg) {
+  A a(arg);
+  // FIXME This test should behave like test3.
+  clang_analyzer_eval(a.m_buf[0] == arg); // expected-warning{{FALSE}} // expected-warning{{TRUE}}
+  clang_analyzer_eval(*a.m_ptr == arg); // expected-warning{{UNKNOWN}}
+}
+
+void test4(char arg) {
+  A a(arg, 314);
+  clang_analyzer_eval(a.m_buf[0] == arg); // expected-warning{{TRUE}}
+  clang_analyzer_eval(*a.m_ptr == arg); // expected-warning{{TRUE}}
+}
+
+} // namespace gh147686