diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/typecheck.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/typecheck.go
index 1b68e057fc..51dd0dba87 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/typecheck.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/typecheck.go
@@ -3152,7 +3152,7 @@ func typecheckcomplit(n *Node) *Node {
 					// dotpath returns the parent embedded types in reverse order.
 					var ep []string
 					for ei := len(p) - 1; ei >= 0; ei-- {
-						ep = append(ep, p[ei].field.Type.Sym.Name)
+						ep = append(ep, p[ei].field.Sym.Name)
 					}
 					ep = append(ep, l.Sym.Name)
 					yyerror("cannot use promoted field %v in struct literal of type %v", strings.Join(ep, "."), t)
diff --git a/test/fixedbugs/issue26416.go b/test/fixedbugs/issue26416.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bc37fd9d3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixedbugs/issue26416.go
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// errorcheck
+
+// Copyright 2018 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 t1 struct {
+	t1f1 int
+	t1f2 int
+}
+type t2 struct {
+	t2f1 int
+	t2f2 int
+	*t1
+}
+type t3 struct {
+	t3f1 int
+	*t2
+}
+
+var (
+	_ = t2{t1f1: 600} // ERROR "cannot use promoted field t1.t1f1 in struct literal of type t2"
+	_ = t3{t1f2: 800} // ERROR "cannot use promoted field t2.t1.t1f2 in struct literal of type t3"
+	_ = t3{t2f1: 900} // ERROR "cannot use promoted field t2.t2f1 in struct literal of type t3"
+)