diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/assign.v b/vlib/v/checker/assign.v
index 586600a03a013b..04101c2b2c76bb 100644
--- a/vlib/v/checker/assign.v
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/assign.v
@@ -732,13 +732,18 @@ fn (mut c Checker) assign_stmt(mut node ast.AssignStmt) {
 			c.expr(right_node.right)
 			c.inside_ref_lit = old_inside_ref_lit
 			if right_node.op == .amp {
-				if right_node.right is ast.Ident {
-					if right_node.right.obj is ast.Var {
-						v := right_node.right.obj
+				expr := if right_node.right is ast.ParExpr {
+					right_node.right.expr
+				} else {
+					right_node.right
+				}
+				if expr is ast.Ident {
+					if expr.obj is ast.Var {
+						v := expr.obj
 						right_type0 = v.typ
 					}
-					if !c.inside_unsafe && assigned_var.is_mut() && !right_node.right.is_mut() {
-						c.error('`${right_node.right.name}` is immutable, cannot have a mutable reference to it',
+					if !c.inside_unsafe && assigned_var.is_mut() && !expr.is_mut() {
+						c.error('`${expr.name}` is immutable, cannot have a mutable reference to it',
 							right_node.pos)
 					}
 				}
diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/tests/assign_immutable_reference_var_with_parenthesis_err.out b/vlib/v/checker/tests/assign_immutable_reference_var_with_parenthesis_err.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..be8c568c1d33df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/tests/assign_immutable_reference_var_with_parenthesis_err.out
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+vlib/v/checker/tests/assign_immutable_reference_var_with_parenthesis_err.vv:10:11: error: `a_char` is immutable, cannot have a mutable reference to it
+    8 | 
+    9 | fn foo() {
+   10 |     mut c := &(a_char)
+      |              ^
+   11 |     println(c)
+   12 | }
diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/tests/assign_immutable_reference_var_with_parenthesis_err.vv b/vlib/v/checker/tests/assign_immutable_reference_var_with_parenthesis_err.vv
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..f92707982b724f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/tests/assign_immutable_reference_var_with_parenthesis_err.vv
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+struct MyChar {
+	c string
+}
+
+const a_char = MyChar{
+	c: 'a'
+}
+
+fn foo() {
+	mut c := &(a_char)
+	println(c)
+}