diff --git a/vlib/v/reflection/reflection.v b/vlib/v/reflection/reflection.v
index 4393ab530d..d412743bf1 100644
--- a/vlib/v/reflection/reflection.v
+++ b/vlib/v/reflection/reflection.v
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ pub fn get_string_by_idx(idx int) string {
 
 // type_of returns the type info of the passed value
 pub fn type_of[T](val T) Type {
-	return g_reflection.types.filter(it.idx == typeof[T]().idx)[0]
+	return g_reflection.types.filter(it.idx == typeof[T]().idx & 0xff00ffff)[0]
 }
 
 // get_modules returns the module name built with V source
diff --git a/vlib/v/tests/reflection_test.v b/vlib/v/tests/reflection_test.v
index a465e41780..ba791d2170 100644
--- a/vlib/v/tests/reflection_test.v
+++ b/vlib/v/tests/reflection_test.v
@@ -86,3 +86,10 @@ fn test_get_string_by_idx() {
 	file_idx := reflection.get_funcs().filter(it.name == 'all_after_last')[0].file_idx
 	assert reflection.get_string_by_idx(file_idx).ends_with('string.v')
 }
+
+fn test_ref() {
+	cstr := c'abc' // &u8
+	assert reflection.type_of(cstr).str().contains("name: 'u8'")
+	ptr_user := &User{}
+	assert reflection.type_of(ptr_user).str().contains("name: 'User'")
+}