diff --git a/deps/v8/include/v8-version.h b/deps/v8/include/v8-version.h
index 1c3e60f95e..764cbc55ec 100644
--- a/deps/v8/include/v8-version.h
+++ b/deps/v8/include/v8-version.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #define V8_MAJOR_VERSION 5
 #define V8_MINOR_VERSION 0
 #define V8_BUILD_NUMBER 71
-#define V8_PATCH_LEVEL 33
+#define V8_PATCH_LEVEL 34
 
 // Use 1 for candidates and 0 otherwise.
 // (Boolean macro values are not supported by all preprocessors.)
diff --git a/deps/v8/src/parsing/pattern-rewriter.cc b/deps/v8/src/parsing/pattern-rewriter.cc
index 04b517ebba..768a948863 100644
--- a/deps/v8/src/parsing/pattern-rewriter.cc
+++ b/deps/v8/src/parsing/pattern-rewriter.cc
@@ -77,7 +77,11 @@ bool Parser::PatternRewriter::IsBindingContext(PatternContext c) const {
 Parser::PatternRewriter::PatternContext
 Parser::PatternRewriter::SetAssignmentContextIfNeeded(Expression* node) {
   PatternContext old_context = context();
-  if (node->IsAssignment() && node->AsAssignment()->op() == Token::ASSIGN) {
+  // AssignmentExpressions may occur in the Initializer position of a
+  // SingleNameBinding. Such expressions should not prompt a change in the
+  // pattern's context.
+  if (node->IsAssignment() && node->AsAssignment()->op() == Token::ASSIGN &&
+      !IsInitializerContext()) {
     set_context(ASSIGNMENT);
   }
   return old_context;
diff --git a/deps/v8/test/mjsunit/harmony/destructuring.js b/deps/v8/test/mjsunit/harmony/destructuring.js
index b6eb6eab09..e84abd112f 100644
--- a/deps/v8/test/mjsunit/harmony/destructuring.js
+++ b/deps/v8/test/mjsunit/harmony/destructuring.js
@@ -263,6 +263,63 @@
 }());
 
 
+(function TestAssignmentExprInInitializers() {
+  {
+    let x, y;
+    {
+      let { x = y = 1 } = {};
+      assertSame(x, 1);
+      assertSame(y, 1);
+    }
+    assertSame(undefined, x);
+    assertSame(1, y);
+  }
+
+  {
+    let x, y;
+    {
+      let { x: x = y = 1 } = {};
+      assertSame(1, x);
+      assertSame(1, y);
+    }
+    assertSame(undefined, x);
+    assertSame(1, y);
+  }
+
+  {
+    let x, y;
+    {
+      let [ x = y = 1 ] = [];
+      assertSame(1, x);
+      assertSame(1, y);
+    }
+    assertSame(undefined, x);
+    assertSame(1, y);
+  }
+
+  {
+    let x, y;
+    (function({ x = y = 1 }) {}({}));
+    assertSame(undefined, x);
+    assertSame(1, y);
+  }
+
+  {
+    let x, y;
+    (function({ x: x = y = 1 }) {}({}));
+    assertSame(undefined, x);
+    assertSame(1, y);
+  }
+
+  {
+    let x, y;
+    (function([ x = y = 1 ]) {}([]));
+    assertSame(undefined, x);
+    assertSame(1, y);
+  }
+}());
+
+
 (function TestMultipleAccesses() {
   assertThrows(
     "'use strict';"+