diff --git a/compiler/semtypes.nim b/compiler/semtypes.nim
index 64113a4c61..45f20da9bf 100644
--- a/compiler/semtypes.nim
+++ b/compiler/semtypes.nim
@@ -1059,6 +1059,13 @@ proc liftParamType(c: PContext, procKind: TSymKind, genericParams: PNode,
       # disable the bindOnce behavior for the type class
       result = recurse(paramType.base, true)
 
+  of tyTuple:
+    for i in 0..<paramType.len:
+      let t = recurse(paramType[i])
+      if t != nil:
+        paramType[i] = t
+        result = paramType
+
   of tyAlias, tyOwned, tySink:
     result = recurse(paramType.base)
 
diff --git a/tests/converter/tgenericconverter.nim b/tests/converter/tgenericconverter.nim
index e1c9f7c4c3..cbbd2e1b07 100644
--- a/tests/converter/tgenericconverter.nim
+++ b/tests/converter/tgenericconverter.nim
@@ -28,3 +28,27 @@ aa.x = 666
 
 p aa
 q aa
+
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------
+# issue #16651
+type
+  PointTup = tuple
+    x: float32
+    y: float32
+
+converter tupleToPoint[T1, T2: SomeFloat](self: tuple[x: T1, y: T2]): PointTup =
+  result = (self.x.float32, self.y.float32)
+
+proc tupleToPointX(self: tuple[x: SomeFloat, y: SomeFloat]): PointTup =
+  result = (self.x.float32, self.y.float32)
+
+proc tupleToPointX2(self: tuple[x: SomeFloat, y: distinct SomeFloat]): PointTup =
+  result = (self.x.float32, self.y.float32)
+
+var t1: PointTup = tupleToPointX((1.0, 0.0))
+var t2: PointTup = tupleToPointX2((1.0, 0.0))
+var t3: PointTup = tupleToPointX2((1.0'f32, 0.0))
+var t4: PointTup = tupleToPointX2((1.0, 0.0'f32))
+
+var x2: PointTup = (1.0, 0.0)
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