diff --git a/prusti-common/src/vir/cfg/assigned_vars.rs b/prusti-common/src/vir/cfg/assigned_vars.rs
index b6b3e650903..5296bf09390 100644
--- a/prusti-common/src/vir/cfg/assigned_vars.rs
+++ b/prusti-common/src/vir/cfg/assigned_vars.rs
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ pub fn collect_assigned_vars(
     method: &CfgMethod,
     start_block: CfgBlockIndex,
     end_block: CfgBlockIndex,
-) -> HashSet<vir::LocalVar> {
+) -> Vec<vir::LocalVar> {
     let predecessors = method.predecessors();
     let start = start_block.block_index;
     let end = end_block.block_index;
-    let mut result = HashSet::new();
+    let mut variables = HashSet::new();
     let mut marked = HashSet::new();
     marked.insert(end);
     marked.insert(start);
@@ -29,8 +29,10 @@ pub fn collect_assigned_vars(
                 }
             }
         }
-        check_block(&mut result, &method.basic_blocks[current]);
+        check_block(&mut variables, &method.basic_blocks[current]);
     }
+    let mut result: Vec<_> = variables.into_iter().collect();
+    result.sort_by(|a, b| a.name.cmp(&b.name));
     result
 }
 
diff --git a/prusti-interface/src/environment/loops.rs b/prusti-interface/src/environment/loops.rs
index 93249746c8a..c952c3a94c0 100644
--- a/prusti-interface/src/environment/loops.rs
+++ b/prusti-interface/src/environment/loops.rs
@@ -299,28 +299,21 @@ impl ProcedureLoops {
         // In Rust, the evaluation of a loop guard may happen over several blocks.
         // Here, we identify the CFG blocks that decide whether to exit from the loop or not.
         // They are those blocks in the loop that:
-        // 1. have a SwitchInt terminator
-        // 2. have an out-edge that exists from the loop
+        // 1. have a SwitchInt terminator (TODO: can we remove this condition?)
+        // 2. have an out-edge that exits from the loop
         let mut loop_exit_blocks = HashMap::new();
-        let mut nonconditional_loop_blocks = HashMap::new();
         for &loop_head in loop_heads.iter() {
             let loop_head_depth = loop_head_depths[&loop_head];
             let loop_body = &loop_bodies[&loop_head];
             let ordered_loop_body = &ordered_loop_bodies[&loop_head];
 
             let mut exit_blocks = vec![];
-            let mut nonconditional_blocks = vec![];
-            let mut reached_back_edge = false;
             let mut border = HashSet::new();
             border.insert(loop_head);
 
             for &curr_bb in ordered_loop_body {
                 debug_assert!(border.contains(&curr_bb));
 
-                if !reached_back_edge {
-                    nonconditional_blocks.push(curr_bb);
-                }
-
                 // Decide if this block has an exit edge
                 let term = mir[curr_bb].terminator();
                 let is_switch_int = match term.kind {
@@ -337,12 +330,7 @@ impl ProcedureLoops {
                 border.remove(&curr_bb);
 
                 for &succ_bb in real_edges.successors(curr_bb) {
-                    if back_edges.contains(&(curr_bb, succ_bb)) {
-                        if succ_bb == loop_head || !loop_body.contains(&succ_bb) {
-                            // From this point, we consider all blocks to be conditional
-                            reached_back_edge = true;
-                        }
-                    } else {
+                    if !back_edges.contains(&(curr_bb, succ_bb)) {
                         // Consider only forward in-loop edges
                         if loop_body.contains(&succ_bb) {
                             border.insert(succ_bb);
@@ -352,9 +340,21 @@ impl ProcedureLoops {
             }
 
             loop_exit_blocks.insert(loop_head, exit_blocks);
-            nonconditional_loop_blocks.insert(loop_head, nonconditional_blocks.into_iter().collect());
         }
         debug!("loop_exit_blocks: {:?}", loop_exit_blocks);
+
+        // The nonconditional blocks of a loop are those blocks of the loop body that dominate all
+        // the blocks from which a back-edge starts.
+        let mut nonconditional_loop_blocks = HashMap::new();
+        for (&loop_head, loop_body) in loop_bodies.iter() {
+            nonconditional_loop_blocks.insert(loop_head, loop_body.clone());
+        }
+        for &(back_edge_source, loop_head) in back_edges.iter() {
+            let blocks = nonconditional_loop_blocks.get_mut(&loop_head).unwrap();
+            *blocks = blocks.intersection(
+                &dominators.dominators(back_edge_source).collect()
+            ).copied().collect();
+        }
         debug!("nonconditional_loop_blocks: {:?}", nonconditional_loop_blocks);
 
         ProcedureLoops {
diff --git a/prusti-viper/src/encoder/procedure_encoder.rs b/prusti-viper/src/encoder/procedure_encoder.rs
index c559efce097..b2bc55c09ac 100644
--- a/prusti-viper/src/encoder/procedure_encoder.rs
+++ b/prusti-viper/src/encoder/procedure_encoder.rs
@@ -660,12 +660,12 @@ impl<'p, 'v: 'p, 'tcx: 'v> ProcedureEncoder<'p, 'v, 'tcx> {
         let after_guard_block = loop_body[after_guard_block_pos];
         let after_inv_block = loop_body[after_inv_block_pos];
 
-        trace!("loop_head: {:?}", loop_head);
-        trace!("loop_body: {:?}", loop_body);
-        trace!("opt_loop_guard_switch: {:?}", opt_loop_guard_switch);
-        trace!("before_invariant_block: {:?}", before_invariant_block);
-        trace!("after_guard_block: {:?}", after_guard_block);
-        trace!("after_inv_block: {:?}", after_inv_block);
+        debug!("loop_head: {:?}", loop_head);
+        debug!("loop_body: {:?}", loop_body);
+        debug!("opt_loop_guard_switch: {:?}", opt_loop_guard_switch);
+        debug!("before_invariant_block: {:?}", before_invariant_block);
+        debug!("after_guard_block: {:?}", after_guard_block);
+        debug!("after_inv_block: {:?}", after_inv_block);
         if loop_info.is_conditional_branch(loop_head, before_invariant_block) {
             debug!(
                 "{:?} is conditional branch in loop {:?}",