diff --git a/compiler/injectdestructors.nim b/compiler/injectdestructors.nim
index e6b6d5b42a33e..738b9cce2c45a 100644
--- a/compiler/injectdestructors.nim
+++ b/compiler/injectdestructors.nim
@@ -216,17 +216,19 @@ proc checkForErrorPragma(c: Con; t: PType; ri: PNode; opname: string; inferredFr
   #m.add renderTree(c.body, {renderIds})
   localError(c.graph.config, ri.info, errGenerated, m)
 
-proc makePtrType(c: var Con, baseType: PType): PType =
-  result = newType(tyPtr, c.idgen, c.owner)
-  addSonSkipIntLit(result, baseType, c.idgen)
+proc genAddr(c: var Con; x: PNode): PNode =
+  if x.kind == nkHiddenDeref:
+    result = x[0]
+  else:
+    result = newNodeIT(nkHiddenAddr, x.info, makeVarType(x.typ.owner, x.typ, c.idgen))
+    result.add x
 
 proc genOp(c: var Con; op: PSym; dest: PNode): PNode =
   var addrExp: PNode
   if op.typ != nil and op.typ.signatureLen > 1 and op.typ.firstParamType.kind != tyVar:
     addrExp = dest
   else:
-    addrExp = newNodeIT(nkHiddenAddr, dest.info, makePtrType(c, dest.typ))
-    addrExp.add(dest)
+    addrExp = genAddr(c, dest)
   result = newTree(nkCall, newSymNode(op), addrExp)
 
 proc genOp(c: var Con; t: PType; kind: TTypeAttachedOp; dest, ri: PNode): PNode =