diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/c/array.v b/vlib/v/gen/c/array.v
index c48e7f0d51..04d2652a0b 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/c/array.v
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/c/array.v
@@ -345,10 +345,15 @@ fn (mut g Gen) gen_array_map(node ast.CallExpr) {
 	}
 	left_type := if node.left_type.has_flag(.shared_f) {
 		node.left_type.clear_flag(.shared_f).deref()
+	} else if node.left_type.is_ptr() {
+		node.left_type.deref()
 	} else {
 		node.left_type
 	}
 	g.write('${g.typ(left_type)} ${tmp}_orig = ')
+	if !node.left_type.has_flag(.shared_f) && node.left_type.is_ptr() {
+		g.write('*')
+	}
 	g.expr(node.left)
 	if node.left_type.has_flag(.shared_f) {
 		g.write('->val')
diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/c/testdata/mutable_receiver_type_mapping.out b/vlib/v/gen/c/testdata/mutable_receiver_type_mapping.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..94133394da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/c/testdata/mutable_receiver_type_mapping.out
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[1, 0, 0]
+[0, 1, 0]
+[0, 0, 1]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/c/testdata/mutable_receiver_type_mapping.vv b/vlib/v/gen/c/testdata/mutable_receiver_type_mapping.vv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c888beadd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/c/testdata/mutable_receiver_type_mapping.vv
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+fn (mut a [][]f32) str() string {
+	return a.map(it.str()).join('\n')
+}
+
+fn identity(n int) [][]f32 {
+	mut res := [][]f32{len: n, init: []f32{len: n, init: 0.0}}
+	for i in 0 .. n {
+		res[i][i] = 1.0
+	}
+
+	return res
+}
+
+fn main() {
+	a := identity(3)
+
+	println(a)
+}