diff --git a/translator/src/main/kotlin/org/kotlinnative/translator/BlockCodegen.kt b/translator/src/main/kotlin/org/kotlinnative/translator/BlockCodegen.kt
index a0ea707b26d..d4ee07da62a 100644
--- a/translator/src/main/kotlin/org/kotlinnative/translator/BlockCodegen.kt
+++ b/translator/src/main/kotlin/org/kotlinnative/translator/BlockCodegen.kt
@@ -199,6 +199,8 @@ abstract class BlockCodegen(val state: TranslationState, val variableManager: Va
         val receiverName = receiverExpr.text
         var receiver = when (receiverExpr) {
             is KtCallExpression,
+            is KtPrefixExpression,
+            is KtPostfixExpression,
             is KtBinaryExpression -> evaluateExpression(receiverExpr, scopeDepth) as LLVMVariable
             is KtDotQualifiedExpression -> {
                 val location = receiverName.split(".")