diff --git a/compiler/trees.nim b/compiler/trees.nim
index 2cf6b4f6794d6..c5e2cb7b4be6a 100644
--- a/compiler/trees.nim
+++ b/compiler/trees.nim
@@ -200,5 +200,5 @@ proc dontInlineConstant*(orig, cnst: PNode): bool {.inline.} =
   # symbols that expand to a complex constant (array, etc.) should not be
   # inlined, unless it's the empty array:
   result = orig.kind == nkSym and
-           cnst.kind in {nkCurly, nkPar, nkTupleConstr, nkBracket} and
-           cnst.len != 0
+           cnst.kind in {nkCurly, nkPar, nkTupleConstr, nkBracket, nkObjConstr} and
+           cnst.len > ord(cnst.kind == nkObjConstr)