From 84a52aea8cb20468c3528ac8f570a6370377f05f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Turiiya <34311583+ttytm@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 11:26:23 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] checker: fix undefined reference to interface struct field
 regression (after #21025) (#21030)

---
 vlib/v/checker/struct.v | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/struct.v b/vlib/v/checker/struct.v
index e3f73d965b72c1..0dd9b208510191 100644
--- a/vlib/v/checker/struct.v
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/struct.v
@@ -654,10 +654,11 @@ or use an explicit `unsafe{ a[..] }`, if you do not want a copy of the slice.',
 					}
 				}
 				if exp_type_sym.kind == .interface_ {
-					if got_type_sym.kind != .interface_ && !c.inside_unsafe
-						&& !got_type.is_any_kind_of_pointer()
-						&& c.type_implements(got_type, exp_type, init_field.pos) {
-						c.mark_as_referenced(mut &init_field.expr, true)
+					if c.type_implements(got_type, exp_type, init_field.pos) {
+						if !c.inside_unsafe && got_type_sym.kind != .interface_
+							&& !got_type.is_any_kind_of_pointer() {
+							c.mark_as_referenced(mut &init_field.expr, true)
+						}
 					}
 				} else if got_type != ast.void_type && got_type_sym.kind != .placeholder
 					&& !exp_type.has_flag(.generic) {