diff --git a/vlib/v/ast/ast.v b/vlib/v/ast/ast.v
index 483f75578a3bdf..237e835031d982 100644
--- a/vlib/v/ast/ast.v
+++ b/vlib/v/ast/ast.v
@@ -1134,8 +1134,10 @@ pub mut:
 
 	ct_left_value_evaled  bool
 	ct_left_value         ComptTimeConstValue = empty_comptime_const_value
+	left_ct_expr          bool // true when left is comptime/generic expr
 	ct_right_value_evaled bool
 	ct_right_value        ComptTimeConstValue = empty_comptime_const_value
+	right_ct_expr         bool // true when right is comptime/generic expr
 
 	before_op_comments []Comment
 	after_op_comments  []Comment
diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/infix.v b/vlib/v/checker/infix.v
index 1495fd72493150..eb8abd60616e96 100644
--- a/vlib/v/checker/infix.v
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/infix.v
@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@ fn (mut c Checker) infix_expr(mut node ast.InfixExpr) ast.Type {
 		c.expected_type = chan_info.elem_type
 	}
 
+	if !node.left_ct_expr && !node.left.is_literal() {
+		node.left_ct_expr = c.comptime.is_comptime(node.left)
+	}
+	if !node.right_ct_expr && !node.right.is_literal() {
+		node.right_ct_expr = c.comptime.is_comptime(node.right)
+	}
+
 	// `if n is ast.Ident && n.is_mut { ... }`
 	if !c.inside_sql && node.op == .and {
 		mut left_node := node.left
diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/c/infix.v b/vlib/v/gen/c/infix.v
index ad68ab8db72351..36c447abc8dc64 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/c/infix.v
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/c/infix.v
@@ -1188,9 +1188,9 @@ fn (mut g Gen) gen_plain_infix_expr(node ast.InfixExpr) {
 		&& node.op in [.plus, .minus, .mul, .div, .mod] && !(g.pref.translated
 		|| g.file.is_translated)
 	if needs_cast {
-		typ_str := if !node.left.is_literal() && g.comptime.is_comptime(node.left) {
+		typ_str := if node.left_ct_expr {
 			g.styp(g.type_resolver.get_type_or_default(node.left, node.promoted_type))
-		} else if !node.right.is_literal() && g.comptime.is_comptime(node.right) {
+		} else if node.right_ct_expr {
 			g.styp(g.type_resolver.get_type_or_default(node.right, node.promoted_type))
 		} else {
 			g.styp(node.promoted_type)
diff --git a/vlib/v/type_resolver/comptime_resolver.v b/vlib/v/type_resolver/comptime_resolver.v
index c7cf6b0236df60..d09e9a60af89fa 100644
--- a/vlib/v/type_resolver/comptime_resolver.v
+++ b/vlib/v/type_resolver/comptime_resolver.v
@@ -50,11 +50,7 @@ pub fn (t &ResolverInfo) is_comptime(node ast.Expr) bool {
 			return node.expr is ast.Ident && node.expr.ct_expr
 		}
 		ast.InfixExpr {
-			if node.op in [.plus, .minus, .mul, .div, .mod] {
-				t.is_comptime(node.left) || t.is_comptime(node.right)
-			} else {
-				false
-			}
+			return node.left_ct_expr || node.right_ct_expr
 		}
 		ast.ParExpr {
 			return t.is_comptime(node.expr)
diff --git a/vlib/v/type_resolver/type_resolver.v b/vlib/v/type_resolver/type_resolver.v
index 0bdeb8b48d4bbf..484d28583c808b 100644
--- a/vlib/v/type_resolver/type_resolver.v
+++ b/vlib/v/type_resolver/type_resolver.v
@@ -130,6 +130,10 @@ pub fn (mut t TypeResolver) get_type_or_default(node ast.Expr, default_typ ast.T
 				}
 			}
 		}
+		ast.ComptimeSelector {
+			// val.$(field.name)
+			return t.get_comptime_selector_type(node, ast.void_type)
+		}
 		ast.CastExpr {
 			if node.typ.has_flag(.generic) {
 				return t.resolver.unwrap_generic(node.typ)