diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Typer.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Typer.scala
index ee824534d6d0..3c256edc513e 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Typer.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Typer.scala
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ class Typer extends Namer with TypeAssigner with Applications with Implicits wit
       case _: WildcardType => untpd.TypeTree()
       case _ => untpd.TypeTree(tp)
     }
-    pt match {
+    pt.stripTypeVar match {
       case _ if defn.isNonDepFunctionType(pt) =>
         // if expected parameter type(s) are wildcards, approximate from below.
         // if expected result type is a wildcard, approximate from above.
@@ -711,6 +711,8 @@ class Typer extends Namer with TypeAssigner with Applications with Implicits wit
            untpd.DependentTypeTree(syms => restpe.substParams(mt, syms.map(_.termRef)))
          else
            typeTree(restpe))
+      case tp: TypeParamRef =>
+        decomposeProtoFunction(ctx.typerState.constraint.entry(tp).bounds.hi, defaultArity)
       case _ =>
         (List.tabulate(defaultArity)(alwaysWildcardType), untpd.TypeTree())
     }
diff --git a/tests/pos/functions1.scala b/tests/pos/functions1.scala
index 04b90d80e442..285daed6f79d 100644
--- a/tests/pos/functions1.scala
+++ b/tests/pos/functions1.scala
@@ -33,4 +33,11 @@ object Functions {
     val z: Spore[String, String] = x => x + x
     val z2: Spore2[String, String] = x => x + x
   }
+
+  object retType {
+    val a: List[() => 4] = List(() => 4)
+
+    class Inv[T]
+    val b: List[() => Inv[Int]] = List(() => new Inv)
+  }
 }