diff --git a/lib/core/macros.nim b/lib/core/macros.nim
index 3a85324bac..d0b02fb058 100644
--- a/lib/core/macros.nim
+++ b/lib/core/macros.nim
@@ -1415,7 +1415,8 @@ proc customPragmaNode(n: NimNode): NimNode =
 
   if n.kind in {nnkDotExpr, nnkCheckedFieldExpr}:
     let name = $(if n.kind == nnkCheckedFieldExpr: n[0][1] else: n[1])
-    var typDef = getImpl(getTypeInst(if n.kind == nnkCheckedFieldExpr or n[0].kind == nnkHiddenDeref: n[0][0] else: n[0]))
+    let typInst = getTypeInst(if n.kind == nnkCheckedFieldExpr or n[0].kind == nnkHiddenDeref: n[0][0] else: n[0])
+    var typDef = getImpl(if typInst.kind == nnkVarTy: typInst[0] else: typInst)
     while typDef != nil:
       typDef.expectKind(nnkTypeDef)
       let typ = typDef[2]
diff --git a/tests/pragmas/tcustom_pragma.nim b/tests/pragmas/tcustom_pragma.nim
index e04d3de26d..7f781f6f19 100644
--- a/tests/pragmas/tcustom_pragma.nim
+++ b/tests/pragmas/tcustom_pragma.nim
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ block: # A bit more advanced case
 
     assert hasCustomPragma(type(s.field), defaultValue)
 
+  proc foo(s: var MySerializable) =
+    static: assert(s.a.getCustomPragmaVal(defaultValue) == 5)
+
+  foo(s)
+
 block: # ref types
   type
     Node = object of RootObj