diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/struct.v b/vlib/v/checker/struct.v
index 62bc01e742c14b..2c0ec42b872674 100644
--- a/vlib/v/checker/struct.v
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/struct.v
@@ -751,8 +751,7 @@ or use an explicit `unsafe{ a[..] }`, if you do not want a copy of the slice.',
 					continue
 				}
 				sym := c.table.sym(field.typ)
-				if field.name.len > 0 && field.name[0].is_capital() && sym.info is ast.Struct
-					&& sym.language == .v {
+				if field.name.len > 0 && field.name[0].is_capital() && sym.info is ast.Struct {
 					// struct embeds
 					continue
 				}
@@ -894,8 +893,7 @@ or use an explicit `unsafe{ a[..] }`, if you do not want a copy of the slice.',
 
 // Recursively check whether the struct type field is initialized
 fn (mut c Checker) check_ref_fields_initialized(struct_sym &ast.TypeSymbol, mut checked_types []ast.Type, linked_name string, pos &token.Pos) {
-	if (c.pref.translated || c.file.is_translated) || (struct_sym.language == .c
-		&& struct_sym.info is ast.Struct && struct_sym.info.is_typedef) {
+	if (c.pref.translated || c.file.is_translated) || struct_sym.language == .c {
 		return
 	}
 	for field in c.table.struct_fields(struct_sym) {
@@ -910,7 +908,7 @@ fn (mut c Checker) check_ref_fields_initialized(struct_sym &ast.TypeSymbol, mut
 		}
 		sym := c.table.sym(field.typ)
 		if sym.info is ast.Struct {
-			if sym.language == .c && sym.info.is_typedef {
+			if sym.language == .c {
 				continue
 			}
 			if field.name.len > 0 && field.name[0].is_capital() && sym.language == .v {
@@ -937,8 +935,7 @@ fn (mut c Checker) check_ref_fields_initialized(struct_sym &ast.TypeSymbol, mut
 // The goal is to give only a notice, not an error, for now. After a while,
 // when we change the notice to error, we can remove this temporary method.
 fn (mut c Checker) check_ref_fields_initialized_note(struct_sym &ast.TypeSymbol, mut checked_types []ast.Type, linked_name string, pos &token.Pos) {
-	if (c.pref.translated || c.file.is_translated) || (struct_sym.language == .c
-		&& struct_sym.info is ast.Struct && struct_sym.info.is_typedef) {
+	if (c.pref.translated || c.file.is_translated) || struct_sym.language == .c {
 		return
 	}
 	for field in c.table.struct_fields(struct_sym) {
@@ -953,7 +950,7 @@ fn (mut c Checker) check_ref_fields_initialized_note(struct_sym &ast.TypeSymbol,
 		}
 		sym := c.table.sym(field.typ)
 		if sym.info is ast.Struct {
-			if sym.language == .c && sym.info.is_typedef {
+			if sym.language == .c {
 				continue
 			}
 			if field.name.len > 0 && field.name[0].is_capital() && sym.language == .v {
diff --git a/vlib/v/tests/c_structs/cstruct.h b/vlib/v/tests/c_structs/cstruct.h
index 10cca97a4d75fb..c066280ddec65b 100644
--- a/vlib/v/tests/c_structs/cstruct.h
+++ b/vlib/v/tests/c_structs/cstruct.h
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ typedef struct Test1 {
 
 /////
 
+typedef struct MyCStruct {
+	char* data;
+} MyCStruct;
+
+/////
+
 typedef struct Foo {
     int a;
 } Foo;
diff --git a/vlib/v/tests/c_structs/cstruct_ref_test.v b/vlib/v/tests/c_structs/cstruct_ref_test.v
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..a6786e399f44d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/tests/c_structs/cstruct_ref_test.v
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#include "@VMODROOT/cstruct.h"
+
+struct C.MyCStruct {
+	data &u8
+}
+
+struct MyWrapper {
+	C.MyCStruct
+}
+
+fn (it C.MyCStruct) wrap() MyWrapper {
+	return MyWrapper{
+		data: it.data
+	}
+}
+
+fn test_main() {
+	dump(C.MyCStruct{
+		data: 123
+	}.wrap())
+	assert true
+}