diff --git a/compiler/sempass2.nim b/compiler/sempass2.nim
index f1e2e69cbe..7b2be510f9 100644
--- a/compiler/sempass2.nim
+++ b/compiler/sempass2.nim
@@ -1308,6 +1308,8 @@ proc allowCStringConv(n: PNode): bool =
 
 proc track(tracked: PEffects, n: PNode) =
   case n.kind
+  of nkTypeOfExpr:
+    discard "typeof() never evaluates its operand; not a definite-assignment use"
   of nkSym:
     useVar(tracked, n)
     if n.sym.typ != nil and tfHasAsgn in n.sym.typ.flags:
diff --git a/tests/init/t25857.nim b/tests/init/t25857.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5e71481f5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/init/t25857.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+discard """
+  output: "1"
+"""
+
+# Regression for #25857: `typeof(result)` inside `result`'s initializer must not be
+# treated as a use-before-initialization of `result`. `typeof` is a type query and
+# never evaluates its operand, so this compiles and runs.
+# (Before the fix this errored: "'result' requires explicit initialization" on
+#  {.requiresInit.} return types, breaking the `ok(typeof(result), v)` idiom.)
+
+type Box[T] {.requiresInit.} = object
+  v: T
+
+func make[T](_: typedesc[Box[T]], v: T): Box[T] = Box[T](v: v)
+
+proc f(): Box[int] =
+  make(typeof(result), 1)
+
+echo f().v