diff --git a/compiler/semexprs.nim b/compiler/semexprs.nim
index f90ef48701..ae118159cf 100644
--- a/compiler/semexprs.nim
+++ b/compiler/semexprs.nim
@@ -1047,7 +1047,7 @@ proc semIndirectOp(c: PContext, n: PNode, flags: TExprFlags; expectedType: PType
       if s != nil:
         setGenericParams(c, n[0])
         return semDirectOp(c, n, flags, expectedType)
-    elif isSymChoice(n[0]):
+    elif isSymChoice(n[0]) and nfDotField notin n.flags:
       # overloaded generic procs e.g. newSeq[int] can end up here
       return semDirectOp(c, n, flags, expectedType)
 
diff --git a/tests/enum/t21863.nim b/tests/enum/t21863.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d0d8b1fcd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/enum/t21863.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+discard """
+cmd: "nim check --hints:off $file"
+action: reject
+nimout: '''
+t21863.nim(28, 16) Error: undeclared field: 'A' 
+  found 'A' [enumField declared in t21863.nim(24, 18)]
+  found 'A' [enumField declared in t21863.nim(25, 18)]
+t21863.nim(28, 16) Error: undeclared field: '.'
+t21863.nim(28, 16) Error: undeclared field: '.'
+t21863.nim(28, 16) Error: expression '' has no type (or is ambiguous)
+'''
+"""
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+block:
+  type
+    EnumA = enum A, B
+    EnumB = enum A
+    EnumC = enum C
+
+  discard EnumC.A