diff --git a/spec/compiler/codegen/regex_literal_spec.cr b/spec/compiler/codegen/regex_literal_spec.cr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..39506aa06b1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/compiler/codegen/regex_literal_spec.cr
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+require "../../spec_helper"
+
+describe "Code gen: regex literal spec" do
+  it "works in a class variable (#10951)" do
+    run(%(
+      require "prelude"
+      class Foo
+        @@regex = /whatever/
+
+        def self.check_regex
+          @@regex == /whatever/
+        end
+      end
+      Foo.check_regex
+      )).to_b.should eq(true)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/src/compiler/crystal/semantic/literal_expander.cr b/src/compiler/crystal/semantic/literal_expander.cr
index d44c8b08f8f9..a93a50a49b4f 100644
--- a/src/compiler/crystal/semantic/literal_expander.cr
+++ b/src/compiler/crystal/semantic/literal_expander.cr
@@ -281,9 +281,11 @@ module Crystal
           const = Const.new(@program, @program, const_name, const_value)
 
           @program.types[const_name] = const
+        else
+          const = @program.types[const_name].as(Const)
         end
 
-        Path.new(const_name)
+        Path.new(const_name).at(const.value)
       else
         regex_new_call(node, node_value)
       end