diff --git a/compiler/transf.nim b/compiler/transf.nim
index 5cd19868f6..1c0efc70ac 100644
--- a/compiler/transf.nim
+++ b/compiler/transf.nim
@@ -830,13 +830,6 @@ proc transformExceptBranch(c: PTransf, n: PNode): PNode =
   else:
     result = transformSons(c, n)
 
-proc dontInlineConstant(orig, cnst: PNode): bool {.inline.} =
-  # symbols that expand to a complex constant (array, etc.) should not be
-  # inlined, unless it's the empty array:
-  result = orig.kind == nkSym and
-           cnst.kind in {nkCurly, nkPar, nkTupleConstr, nkBracket} and
-           cnst.len != 0
-
 proc commonOptimizations*(g: ModuleGraph; c: PSym, n: PNode): PNode =
   result = n
   for i in 0..<n.safeLen:
diff --git a/compiler/trees.nim b/compiler/trees.nim
index 455bf53018..221d9491bc 100644
--- a/compiler/trees.nim
+++ b/compiler/trees.nim
@@ -169,3 +169,10 @@ proc flattenStmts*(n: PNode): PNode =
 proc extractRange*(k: TNodeKind, n: PNode, a, b: int): PNode =
   result = newNodeI(k, n.info, b-a+1)
   for i in 0..b-a: result[i] = n[i+a]
+
+proc dontInlineConstant*(orig, cnst: PNode): bool {.inline.} =
+  # symbols that expand to a complex constant (array, etc.) should not be
+  # inlined, unless it's the empty array:
+  result = orig.kind == nkSym and
+           cnst.kind in {nkCurly, nkPar, nkTupleConstr, nkBracket, nkObjConstr} and
+           cnst.len > ord(cnst.kind == nkObjConstr)