diff --git a/src-3.0/GF/Compile/Compute.hs b/src-3.0/GF/Compile/Compute.hs
index a2550201c..e42efba8c 100644
--- a/src-3.0/GF/Compile/Compute.hs
+++ b/src-3.0/GF/Compile/Compute.hs
@@ -386,10 +386,10 @@ computeTermOpt rec gr = comput True where
 ----          return $ V ty (map snd cs')
           return $ T i cs'
          V ty cs -> do
+          ty' <- comp g ty
           -- if there are no variables, don't even go inside
           cs' <- if (null g) then return cs else mapM (comp g) cs
-----       return $ V ty (map snd cs')
-          return $ V ty cs'
+          return $ V ty' cs'
 
          T i cs -> do
           pty0 <- getTableType i