diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/checker.v b/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
index 247edfcc49..83edab195e 100644
--- a/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
@@ -1156,8 +1156,7 @@ pub fn (mut c Checker) infix_expr(mut node ast.InfixExpr) ast.Type {
 						c.error('mismatched types `$left_name` and `$right_name`', left_right_pos)
 					}
 				}
-			} else if (left_sym.kind == .string && !left_type.has_flag(.optional))
-				|| (right_sym.kind == .string && !right_type.has_flag(.optional)) {
+			} else if node.left.is_auto_deref_var() || node.right.is_auto_deref_var() {
 				deref_left_type := if node.left.is_auto_deref_var() {
 					left_type.deref()
 				} else {
@@ -1168,8 +1167,8 @@ pub fn (mut c Checker) infix_expr(mut node ast.InfixExpr) ast.Type {
 				} else {
 					right_type
 				}
-				left_name := c.table.type_to_str(deref_left_type)
-				right_name := c.table.type_to_str(deref_right_type)
+				left_name := c.table.type_to_str(c.table.mktyp(deref_left_type))
+				right_name := c.table.type_to_str(c.table.mktyp(deref_right_type))
 				if left_name != right_name {
 					c.error('mismatched types `$left_name` and `$right_name`', left_right_pos)
 				}
@@ -1374,7 +1373,7 @@ pub fn (mut c Checker) infix_expr(mut node ast.InfixExpr) ast.Type {
 	}
 	// Dual sides check (compatibility check)
 	if !(c.symmetric_check(left_type, right_type) && c.symmetric_check(right_type, left_type))
-		&& !c.pref.translated {
+		&& !c.pref.translated && !node.left.is_auto_deref_var() && !node.right.is_auto_deref_var() {
 		// for type-unresolved consts
 		if left_type == ast.void_type || right_type == ast.void_type {
 			return ast.void_type
@@ -3619,8 +3618,8 @@ pub fn (mut c Checker) assign_stmt(mut node ast.AssignStmt) {
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		if !is_blank_ident && !right.is_auto_deref_var() && right_sym.kind != .placeholder
-			&& left_sym.kind != .interface_ {
+		if !is_blank_ident && !left.is_auto_deref_var() && !right.is_auto_deref_var()
+			&& right_sym.kind != .placeholder && left_sym.kind != .interface_ {
 			// Dual sides check (compatibility check)
 			c.check_expected(right_type_unwrapped, left_type_unwrapped) or {
 				// allow for ptr += 2
diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/tests/method_op_alias_err.out b/vlib/v/checker/tests/method_op_alias_err.out
index 1fab346331..195ab562f6 100644
--- a/vlib/v/checker/tests/method_op_alias_err.out
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/tests/method_op_alias_err.out
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ vlib/v/checker/tests/method_op_alias_err.vv:4:18: error: expected `Foo` not `Foo
       |                  ~~~~
     5 |     return Foo2(f + f1)
     6 | }
-vlib/v/checker/tests/method_op_alias_err.vv:5:17: error: mismatched types `Foo` and `Foo2`
+vlib/v/checker/tests/method_op_alias_err.vv:5:17: error: infix expr: cannot use `string` (right expression) as `string`
     3 |
     4 | fn (f Foo) + (f1 Foo2) Foo2 {
     5 |     return Foo2(f + f1)
diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/tests/mismatched_ptr_op_ptr.out b/vlib/v/checker/tests/mismatched_ptr_op_ptr.out
index 8ff6ee0e11..b3c505d9d5 100644
--- a/vlib/v/checker/tests/mismatched_ptr_op_ptr.out
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/tests/mismatched_ptr_op_ptr.out
@@ -5,3 +5,10 @@ vlib/v/checker/tests/mismatched_ptr_op_ptr.vv:5:17: error: mismatched types `&st
       |                 ~~~
     6 |         println(b+b)
     7 |     }
+vlib/v/checker/tests/mismatched_ptr_op_ptr.vv:6:17: error: mismatched types `&string` and `&string`
+    4 |         b := &a
+    5 |         println(b+*b)
+    6 |         println(b+b)
+      |                 ~~~
+    7 |     }
+    8 | }
diff --git a/vlib/v/tests/for_in_mut_val_test.v b/vlib/v/tests/for_in_mut_val_test.v
index 19d071745f..d5dfd8e65e 100644
--- a/vlib/v/tests/for_in_mut_val_test.v
+++ b/vlib/v/tests/for_in_mut_val_test.v
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ fn test_for_in_mut_val_of_map_fixed_array() {
 	assert '$m' == "{'foo': [{'c': 3}], 'bar': [{'c': 3}]}"
 }
 
-fn test_for_in_mut_val_of_plus_expr() {
+fn test_for_in_mut_val_of_string() {
 	b := 'c'
 	mut c := ['a', 'b']
 	mut ret := []string{}
@@ -95,3 +95,15 @@ fn test_for_in_mut_val_of_plus_expr() {
 	println(ret)
 	assert ret == ['ac', 'bc']
 }
+
+fn test_for_in_mut_val_of_float() {
+	mut values := [1., 2, 3]
+	println(values)
+
+	for mut v in values {
+		v = 1.
+		v = v + 1.
+	}
+	println(values)
+	assert values == [2., 2, 2]
+}