diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/c/fn.v b/vlib/v/gen/c/fn.v
index 4fe780934bcf9e..e763c02a249dcc 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/c/fn.v
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/c/fn.v
@@ -1675,13 +1675,15 @@ fn (mut g Gen) method_call(node ast.CallExpr) {
 	// if so, then instead of calling array_clone(&array_slice(...))
 	// call array_clone_static(array_slice(...))
 	mut is_range_slice := false
-	if node.name == 'clone' && node.receiver_type.is_ptr() && !left_type.is_ptr() {
+	if node.receiver_type.is_ptr() && !left_type.is_ptr() {
 		if node.left is ast.IndexExpr {
 			idx := node.left.index
 			if idx is ast.RangeExpr {
 				// expr is arr[range].clone()
 				// use array_clone_static instead of array_clone
-				name = util.no_dots('${receiver_type_name}_${node.name}_static')
+				if node.name == 'clone' {
+					name = util.no_dots('${receiver_type_name}_${node.name}_static')
+				}
 				is_range_slice = true
 			}
 		}
@@ -1759,6 +1761,11 @@ fn (mut g Gen) method_call(node ast.CallExpr) {
 				&& g.typ(left_type) == g.typ(node.receiver_type)) {
 				g.write('&')
 			}
+		} else {
+			if node.name != 'clone' && !left_type.is_ptr() {
+				g.write('ADDR(${rec_cc_type}, ')
+				cast_n++
+			}
 		}
 	} else if !node.receiver_type.is_ptr() && left_type.is_ptr() && node.name != 'str'
 		&& node.from_embed_types.len == 0 {
diff --git a/vlib/v/tests/fns/method_call_on_rangeexpr_test.v b/vlib/v/tests/fns/method_call_on_rangeexpr_test.v
index 0c62379556fa59..514b7d2725fc51 100644
--- a/vlib/v/tests/fns/method_call_on_rangeexpr_test.v
+++ b/vlib/v/tests/fns/method_call_on_rangeexpr_test.v
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-type Buffer = []byte
+type Buffer = []u8
 
 pub fn (mut sb Buffer) vbytes() string {
 	return sb[0..sb.len].a().str()
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ pub fn (mut sb Buffer) a() Buffer {
 }
 
 fn test_main() {
-	mut b := Buffer([]byte{cap: 10})
+	mut b := Buffer([]u8{cap: 10})
 	b << 1
 	b << 2
 	assert b.vbytes() == 'Buffer([1, 2])'