diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/checker.v b/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
index b5d843bce342a6..af949222df715b 100644
--- a/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
@@ -1470,6 +1470,7 @@ fn (mut c Checker) selector_expr(mut node ast.SelectorExpr) ast.Type {
 	} else if c.inside_comptime_for_field && typ == c.enum_data_type && node.field_name == 'value' {
 		// for comp-time enum.values
 		node.expr_type = c.comptime_fields_type[c.comptime_for_field_var]
+		node.typ = typ
 		return node.expr_type
 	}
 	node.expr_type = typ
diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/c/cgen.v b/vlib/v/gen/c/cgen.v
index 77e9fc2ae277d1..65b9ec705f96f4 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/c/cgen.v
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/c/cgen.v
@@ -3634,7 +3634,12 @@ fn (mut g Gen) selector_expr(node ast.SelectorExpr) {
 	if node.expr_type == 0 {
 		g.checker_bug('unexpected SelectorExpr.expr_type = 0', node.pos)
 	}
-
+	if g.enum_data_type == node.typ {
+		g.expr(node.expr)
+		g.write('.')
+		g.write(node.field_name)
+		return
+	}
 	sym := g.table.sym(g.unwrap_generic(node.expr_type))
 	field_name := if sym.language == .v { c_name(node.field_name) } else { node.field_name }