diff --git a/client/ios/DivKit/Extensions/DivContainer/DivCollectionItemsBuilderExtensions.swift b/client/ios/DivKit/Extensions/DivContainer/DivCollectionItemsBuilderExtensions.swift
index c9c0dc4cf..0af527bb2 100644
--- a/client/ios/DivKit/Extensions/DivContainer/DivCollectionItemsBuilderExtensions.swift
+++ b/client/ios/DivKit/Extensions/DivContainer/DivCollectionItemsBuilderExtensions.swift
@@ -7,12 +7,13 @@ extension DivCollectionItemBuilder {
     mappedBy modificator: (Div, Block, DivBlockModelingContext) -> T
   ) -> [T] {
     let items = resolveData(context.expressionResolver) ?? []
-    return items.enumerated().compactMap { index, item in
+    return items.enumerated().compactMap { index, item -> T? in
+      let itemDict = item as? DivDictionary ?? [:]
       let prototypeContext = context.modifying(
         prototypeParams: PrototypeParams(
           index: index,
           variableName: dataElementName,
-          value: (item as? DivDictionary) ?? [:]
+          value: itemDict
         )
       )
       let prototype = prototypes
@@ -27,6 +28,10 @@ extension DivCollectionItemBuilder {
         overridenId: id,
         pathSuffix: String(index)
       )
+      itemContext.variablesStorage.initializeIfNeeded(path: itemContext.path, variables: [
+        DivVariableName(rawValue: dataElementName): .dict(itemDict),
+        "index": .integer(index),
+      ])
       do {
         return try modifyError({
           DivBlockModelingError($0.message, path: itemContext.path)