diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/typecheck/iexport.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/typecheck/iexport.go
index bf721d6495..d6a7eade03 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/typecheck/iexport.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/typecheck/iexport.go
@@ -2188,7 +2188,7 @@ func (w *exportWriter) localIdent(s *types.Sym) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	if i := strings.LastIndex(name, "."); i >= 0 && !strings.HasPrefix(name, LocalDictName) {
+	if i := strings.LastIndex(name, "."); i >= 0 && !strings.HasPrefix(name, LocalDictName) && !strings.HasPrefix(name, ".rcvr") {
 		base.Fatalf("unexpected dot in identifier: %v", name)
 	}
 
diff --git a/test/typeparam/issue52241.go b/test/typeparam/issue52241.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4feb97e013
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/typeparam/issue52241.go
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// compile
+
+// Copyright 2022 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package main
+
+type Collector[T any] struct {
+}
+
+func (c *Collector[T]) Collect() {
+}
+
+func TestInOrderIntTree() {
+	collector := Collector[int]{}
+	_ = collector.Collect
+}
+
+func main() {
+	TestInOrderIntTree()
+}