diff --git a/src/Raku/ast/code.rakumod b/src/Raku/ast/code.rakumod
index cb5cebafad..e2eeba9d1b 100644
--- a/src/Raku/ast/code.rakumod
+++ b/src/Raku/ast/code.rakumod
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ class RakuAST::Code
                     elsif $name ne '$_' { #TODO figure out why we specifially don't declare $_ in ExpressionThunks
                         my $decl := $!resolver.resolve-lexical-constant($name);
                         if $decl {
+                            $decl.IMPL-CHECK($resolver, $context, 1); # Ensure any required lookups are resolved
                             my $value := $decl.compile-time-value;
                             $context.ensure-sc($value);
                             $var := QAST::WVal.new(:$value);