diff --git a/shared-test-resources/bugfixes/Issue911_Aggregator.class b/shared-test-resources/bugfixes/Issue911_Aggregator.class
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b62a20586ff
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diff --git a/shared-test-resources/bugfixes/Issue911_Aggregator.java b/shared-test-resources/bugfixes/Issue911_Aggregator.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3af63878592
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shared-test-resources/bugfixes/Issue911_Aggregator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+class Issue911_Aggregator {
+    void foo(String len) {
+        byte[] arr;
+        try {
+            arr = len.getBytes();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+        for (byte a : arr) {}
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sootup.java.bytecode/src/test/java/sootup/java/bytecode/interceptors/AggregatorTest.java b/sootup.java.bytecode/src/test/java/sootup/java/bytecode/interceptors/AggregatorTest.java
index e4847d13a16..92d355bdc1c 100644
--- a/sootup.java.bytecode/src/test/java/sootup/java/bytecode/interceptors/AggregatorTest.java
+++ b/sootup.java.bytecode/src/test/java/sootup/java/bytecode/interceptors/AggregatorTest.java
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 
+import categories.TestCategories;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.*;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Tag;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import sootup.core.graph.MutableStmtGraph;
 import sootup.core.inputlocation.AnalysisInputLocation;
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@
 import sootup.java.core.types.JavaClassType;
 import sootup.java.core.views.JavaView;
 
+@Tag(TestCategories.JAVA_8_CATEGORY)
 public class AggregatorTest {
 
   /**
@@ -196,4 +199,25 @@ public void testIssue739() {
       final Body body = javaSootMethod.getBody();
     }
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testIssue911() {
+
+    AnalysisInputLocation inputLocationB =
+        new PathBasedAnalysisInputLocation.ClassFileBasedAnalysisInputLocation(
+            Paths.get("../shared-test-resources/bugfixes/Issue911_Aggregator.class"),
+            "",
+            SourceType.Application,
+            Collections.singletonList(new Aggregator()));
+
+    JavaView view = new JavaView(inputLocationB);
+
+    final ClassType classType = view.getIdentifierFactory().getClassType("Issue911_Aggregator");
+    assertTrue(view.getClass(classType).isPresent());
+
+    for (JavaSootMethod javaSootMethod :
+        view.getClasses().stream().findFirst().get().getMethods()) {
+      final Body body = javaSootMethod.getBody();
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/sootup.java.core/src/main/java/sootup/java/core/interceptors/Aggregator.java b/sootup.java.core/src/main/java/sootup/java/core/interceptors/Aggregator.java
index c037f1ecd02..94b37b32136 100644
--- a/sootup.java.core/src/main/java/sootup/java/core/interceptors/Aggregator.java
+++ b/sootup.java.core/src/main/java/sootup/java/core/interceptors/Aggregator.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 import java.util.*;
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+import sootup.core.graph.BasicBlock;
 import sootup.core.graph.MutableStmtGraph;
 import sootup.core.jimple.basic.LValue;
 import sootup.core.jimple.basic.Local;
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@
 import sootup.core.jimple.visitor.ReplaceUseStmtVisitor;
 import sootup.core.model.Body;
 import sootup.core.transform.BodyInterceptor;
+import sootup.core.types.ClassType;
 import sootup.core.views.View;
 
 /*
@@ -192,7 +194,8 @@ public void interceptBody(@Nonnull Body.BodyBuilder builder, @Nonnull View view)
         Stmt newStmt;
 
         final ReplaceUseStmtVisitor replaceVisitor = new ReplaceUseStmtVisitor(val, aggregatee);
-        // TODO: this try-catch is an awful hack for "ValueBox.canContainValue" -> try to determine
+        // TODO: this try-catch is an awful way for the former/legacy "ValueBox.canContainValue" ->
+        // try to determine
         // a replaceability earlier!
         try {
           replaceVisitor.caseAssignStmt(assignStmt);
@@ -203,6 +206,31 @@ public void interceptBody(@Nonnull Body.BodyBuilder builder, @Nonnull View view)
 
         // have we been able to inline the value into the newStmt?
         if (stmt != newStmt) {
+
+          // respect trapranges - check if at least the same exceptional flows exist in the block
+          // where we will assign the value now.
+          BasicBlock<?> blockOfDefinition = graph.getBlockOf(relevantDef);
+          BasicBlock<?> blockOfAssignment = graph.getBlockOf(stmt);
+          if (blockOfDefinition != blockOfAssignment) {
+            Map<? extends ClassType, ?> exceptionalSuccessors =
+                blockOfDefinition.getExceptionalSuccessors();
+            int matchingTraps = 0;
+            for (Map.Entry<? extends ClassType, ?> entry :
+                blockOfAssignment.getExceptionalSuccessors().entrySet()) {
+              ClassType type = entry.getKey();
+              BasicBlock<?> handler = (BasicBlock<?>) entry.getValue();
+              if (exceptionalSuccessors.get(type) == handler) {
+                matchingTraps++;
+              }
+            }
+
+            // has the block where we assign now at least the traps which exist in the block of the
+            // original definition?
+            if (matchingTraps < exceptionalSuccessors.size()) {
+              continue;
+            }
+          }
+
           graph.replaceNode(stmt, newStmt);
           if (graph.getStartingStmt() == relevantDef) {
             Stmt newStartingStmt = builder.getStmtGraph().successors(relevantDef).get(0);