diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/backend/jvm/DottyBackendInterface.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/backend/jvm/DottyBackendInterface.scala
index d85bc0ed75d0..f29dec54030c 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/backend/jvm/DottyBackendInterface.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/backend/jvm/DottyBackendInterface.scala
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ class DottyBackendInterface(outputDirectory: AbstractFile, val superCallsMap: Ma
         }
       case t: TypeApply if (t.fun.symbol == Predef_classOf) =>
         av.visit(name, t.args.head.tpe.classSymbol.denot.info.toTypeKind(bcodeStore)(innerClasesStore).toASMType)
-      case t: tpd.Select =>
+      case t: tpd.RefTree =>
         if (t.symbol.denot.owner.is(Flags.JavaEnum)) {
           val edesc = innerClasesStore.typeDescriptor(t.tpe.asInstanceOf[bcodeStore.int.Type]) // the class descriptor of the enumeration class.
           val evalue = t.symbol.name.mangledString // value the actual enumeration value.
diff --git a/tests/pos/i6151/Expect.java b/tests/pos/i6151/Expect.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5117c6cba094
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pos/i6151/Expect.java
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+public enum Expect  { ExpectVal }
diff --git a/tests/pos/i6151/Outcome.java b/tests/pos/i6151/Outcome.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f414fe232bd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pos/i6151/Outcome.java
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+public @interface Outcome { Expect enm(); }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/pos/i6151/Test.scala b/tests/pos/i6151/Test.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d04385bb6b93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pos/i6151/Test.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import Expect._
+@Outcome(ExpectVal)
+class SimpleTest