fixes #11073

compiler/semexprs.nim

@@ -1528,8 +1528,10 @@ proc asgnToResultVar(c: PContext, n, le, ri: PNode) {.inline.} =
 
 proc asgnToResult(c: PContext, n, le, ri: PNode) =
   # Special typing rule: do not allow to pass 'owned T' to 'T' in 'result = x':
-  if ri.typ != nil and ri.typ.skipTypes(abstractInst).kind == tyOwned and
+  const absInst = abstractInst - {tyOwned}
-      le.typ != nil and le.typ.skipTypes(abstractInst).kind != tyOwned and ri.kind in nkCallKinds:
+  if ri.typ != nil and ri.typ.skipTypes(absInst).kind == tyOwned and
+      le.typ != nil and le.typ.skipTypes(absInst).kind != tyOwned and
+      ri.kind in nkCallKinds+{nkObjConstr}:
     localError(c.config, n.info, "cannot return an owned pointer as an unowned pointer; " &
       "use 'owned(" & typeToString(le.typ) & ")' as the return type")
 

tests/destructor/tdont_return_unowned_from_owned.nim

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+discard """
+  cmd: "nim check --newruntime --hints:off $file"
+  nimout: '''tdont_return_unowned_from_owned.nim(24, 10) Error: cannot return an owned pointer as an unowned pointer; use 'owned(Obj)' as the return type
+tdont_return_unowned_from_owned.nim(27, 10) Error: cannot return an owned pointer as an unowned pointer; use 'owned(Obj)' as the return type
+tdont_return_unowned_from_owned.nim(30, 6) Error: type mismatch: got <Obj>
+but expected one of:
+proc new[T](a: var ref T; finalizer: proc (x: ref T) {.nimcall.})
+2 other mismatching symbols have been suppressed; compile with --showAllMismatches:on to see them
+
+expression: new(result)
+tdont_return_unowned_from_owned.nim(30, 6) Error: illformed AST:
+'''
+  errormsg: "illformed AST:"
+  line: 30
+"""
+
+
+
+# bug #11073
+type
+  Obj = ref object
+
+proc newObjA(): Obj =
+  result = new Obj
+
+proc newObjB(): Obj =
+  result = Obj()
+
+proc newObjC(): Obj =
+  new(result)
+
+let a = newObjA()
+let b = newObjB()
+let c = newObjC()
+