diff --git a/src/relax/transform/canonicalize_bindings.cc b/src/relax/transform/canonicalize_bindings.cc
index 962f76a376b6..2da72a4f5ac7 100644
--- a/src/relax/transform/canonicalize_bindings.cc
+++ b/src/relax/transform/canonicalize_bindings.cc
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class BindingCanonicalizer : public ExprMutator {
     if (!CanCanonicalizeVar(v)) {
       return Downcast<Expr>(v);
     }
-    return ExprMutator::VisitExpr_(LookupBinding(v).as<DataflowVarNode>());
+    return ExprMutator::VisitExpr_(LookupBinding(v).as<VarNode>());
   }
 
   void VisitBinding_(const VarBindingNode* binding) override {
diff --git a/tests/python/relax/test_transform_canonicalize_bindings.py b/tests/python/relax/test_transform_canonicalize_bindings.py
index 086c316ae817..5e1d1b881e2c 100644
--- a/tests/python/relax/test_transform_canonicalize_bindings.py
+++ b/tests/python/relax/test_transform_canonicalize_bindings.py
@@ -89,6 +89,40 @@ def main(x: R.Tensor):
     assert_structural_equal(new_mod, Expected)
 
 
+def test_assign_to_output_indataflow_block():
+    @tvm.script.ir_module
+    class TestDataflowAssignments:
+        @R.function
+        def main(x: R.Tensor):
+            with R.dataflow():
+                y = x  # is not a dataflow var
+                z = y
+                o = z
+                p = o
+                m = p
+                n = m
+                R.output(n)
+            return n
+
+    @tvm.script.ir_module
+    class Expected:
+        @R.function
+        def main(x: R.Tensor):
+            with R.dataflow():
+                y = x
+                z = x
+                o = x
+                p = x
+                m = x
+                # we can't get rid of n because it leaves the block
+                n = x
+                R.output(n)
+            return x
+
+    new_mod = relax.transform.CanonicalizeBindings()(TestDataflowAssignments)
+    assert_structural_equal(new_mod, Expected)
+
+
 def test_ops():
     @tvm.script.ir_module
     class TestOps: