diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/c/struct.v b/vlib/v/gen/c/struct.v
index 10bd0e09b0..6bcaec0b28 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/c/struct.v
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/c/struct.v
@@ -230,13 +230,19 @@ fn (mut g Gen) struct_init(node ast.StructInit) {
 					g.write('.')
 				}
 				if node.is_update_embed {
-					embed_sym := g.table.sym(node.typ)
-					embed_name := embed_sym.embed_name()
-					g.write(embed_name)
-					if node.typ.is_ptr() {
-						g.write('->')
-					} else {
-						g.write('.')
+					update_sym := g.table.sym(node.update_expr_type)
+					_, embeds := g.table.find_field_from_embeds(update_sym, field.name) or {
+						ast.StructField{}, []ast.Type{}
+					}
+					for embed in embeds {
+						esym := g.table.sym(embed)
+						ename := esym.embed_name()
+						g.write(ename)
+						if embed.is_ptr() {
+							g.write('->')
+						} else {
+							g.write('.')
+						}
 					}
 				}
 				g.write(field.name)
diff --git a/vlib/v/tests/struct_init_with_multi_nested_embed_update_test.v b/vlib/v/tests/struct_init_with_multi_nested_embed_update_test.v
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5df88e9f8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/tests/struct_init_with_multi_nested_embed_update_test.v
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+module main
+
+struct Animal {
+	Duck
+	id int
+}
+
+struct Duck {
+	RedDuck
+	action string
+}
+
+struct RedDuck {
+	color string
+}
+
+fn test_struct_init_with_multi_nested_embed_update() {
+	d := Animal{Duck{RedDuck{'red'}, 'fly'}, 1}
+	println(d)
+
+	e := Animal{
+		...d
+		id: 2
+	}
+	println(e)
+	assert d.id == 1
+	assert e.id == 2
+}