diff --git a/vlib/v/ast/table.v b/vlib/v/ast/table.v
index 1b3be32c70..0cfe633450 100644
--- a/vlib/v/ast/table.v
+++ b/vlib/v/ast/table.v
@@ -1320,7 +1320,10 @@ fn (t &Table) sumtype_check_alias_variant(parent_type Type, alias_type Type, is_
 		// the alias is not inside one of the Sum type, like
 		// https://github.com/vlang/v/issues/13863
 		alias_info := t.sym(alias_type).info as Alias
-		return t.sumtype_has_variant(parent_type, alias_info.parent_type, is_as)
+		// The alias is an alias or of the same type of the parent or one
+		// of the SumType variant. e.g: alias of another sum type
+		return parent_type == alias_info.parent_type
+			|| t.sumtype_has_variant(parent_type, alias_info.parent_type, is_as)
 	}
 	// the alias_type is inside one of the variant of the sum type
 	return true
diff --git a/vlib/v/tests/cmp_between_alias_and_sum_type.vv b/vlib/v/tests/cmp_between_alias_and_sum_type_test.v
similarity index 77%
rename from vlib/v/tests/cmp_between_alias_and_sum_type.vv
rename to vlib/v/tests/cmp_between_alias_and_sum_type_test.v
index 9792010bff..f4bfee8163 100644
--- a/vlib/v/tests/cmp_between_alias_and_sum_type.vv
+++ b/vlib/v/tests/cmp_between_alias_and_sum_type_test.v
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 struct Empty {}
+
 type IndexNumber = u32
 type NameIndexType = Empty | IndexNumber
 
-fn main() {
+fn test_casting_with_sumtype_and_alias() {
 	elem := NameIndexType(Empty{})
 	if elem is IndexNumber {
-
 	}
 }