diff --git a/tools/qfcc/source/expr.c b/tools/qfcc/source/expr.c
index 69ab2c0de..fa50d42b8 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/source/expr.c
+++ b/tools/qfcc/source/expr.c
@@ -1547,6 +1547,8 @@ field_expr (expr_t *e1, expr_t *e2)
 			e1 = cast_expr (pointer_type (ivar->type), e1);
 			return unary_expr ('.', e1);
 		}
+	} else if (is_algebra (t1)) {
+		return algebra_field_expr (e1, e2);
 	} else if (is_nonscalar (t1) || is_struct (t1) || is_union (t1)) {
 		symbol_t   *field;
 
@@ -1587,8 +1589,6 @@ field_expr (expr_t *e1, expr_t *e2)
 				return new_offset_alias_expr (field->type, e1, field->s.offset);
 			}
 		}
-	} else if (is_algebra (t1)) {
-		return algebra_field_expr (e1, e2);
 	} else if (is_class (t1)) {
 		//Class instance variables aren't allowed and thus declaring one
 		//is treated as an error, so this is a follow-on error.
diff --git a/tools/qfcc/source/expr_algebra.c b/tools/qfcc/source/expr_algebra.c
index 3599d9801..20c8ca42a 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/source/expr_algebra.c
+++ b/tools/qfcc/source/expr_algebra.c
@@ -2267,5 +2267,15 @@ algebra_field_expr (expr_t *mvec, expr_t *field_name)
 		}
 		return new_offset_alias_expr (field->type, mvec, field->s.offset);
 	}
-	internal_error (mvec, "not implemented");
+	if (mvec->type == ex_multivec) {
+		internal_error (mvec, "not implemented");
+	} else {
+		auto multivec = mvec_type->t.multivec;
+		auto mvec_struct = multivec->mvec_sym->type;
+		auto field = get_struct_field (mvec_struct, mvec, field_name);
+		if (!field) {
+			return mvec;
+		}
+		return new_offset_alias_expr (field->type, mvec, field->s.offset);
+	}
 }