diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/c/embed.v b/vlib/v/gen/c/embed.v
index 57eea65984..d264367992 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/c/embed.v
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/c/embed.v
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ fn (mut g Gen) gen_embedded_data() {
 	g.embedded_data.writeln('')
 	g.embedded_data.writeln('const v__embed_file__EmbedFileIndexEntry _v_embed_file_index[] = {')
 	for i, emfile in g.embedded_files {
-		g.embedded_data.writeln('\t{$i, { .str=(byteptr)("${cestring(emfile.rpath)}"), .len=$emfile.rpath.len, .is_lit=1 }, { .str=(byteptr)("${cestring(emfile.compression_type)}"), .len=$emfile.compression_type.len, .is_lit=1 }, _v_embed_blob_$i},')
+		g.embedded_data.writeln('\t{$i, { .str=(byteptr)("${cestring(emfile.rpath)}"), .len=$emfile.rpath.len, .is_lit=1 }, { .str=(byteptr)("${cestring(emfile.compression_type)}"), .len=$emfile.compression_type.len, .is_lit=1 }, (byteptr)_v_embed_blob_$i},')
 	}
 	g.embedded_data.writeln('\t{-1, { .str=(byteptr)(""), .len=0, .is_lit=1 }, { .str=(byteptr)(""), .len=0, .is_lit=1 }, NULL}')
 	g.embedded_data.writeln('};')
diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/c/testdata/embed_with_prod.c.must_have b/vlib/v/gen/c/testdata/embed_with_prod.c.must_have
index 2e6a61f7db..e043814da7 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/c/testdata/embed_with_prod.c.must_have
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/c/testdata/embed_with_prod.c.must_have
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ static const unsigned char _v_embed_blob_0[138] = {
 0x66,0x6e,0x20,0x6d,0x61,0x69,0x6e,0x28,0x29,0x20,0x7b,0x0a,0x09,0x6d,0x75,0x74,
 
 const v__embed_file__EmbedFileIndexEntry _v_embed_file_index[] = {
-	{0, { .str=(byteptr)("embed.vv"), .len=8, .is_lit=1 }, { .str=(byteptr)("none"), .len=4, .is_lit=1 }, _v_embed_blob_0},
+	{0, { .str=(byteptr)("embed.vv"), .len=8, .is_lit=1 }, { .str=(byteptr)("none"), .len=4, .is_lit=1 }, (byteptr)_v_embed_blob_0},
 	{-1, { .str=(byteptr)(""), .len=0, .is_lit=1 }, { .str=(byteptr)(""), .len=0, .is_lit=1 }, NULL}
 };
 
diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/c/testdata/embed_with_prod_and_several_decoders.c.must_have b/vlib/v/gen/c/testdata/embed_with_prod_and_several_decoders.c.must_have
index 5356531caf..7b6518532c 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/c/testdata/embed_with_prod_and_several_decoders.c.must_have
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/c/testdata/embed_with_prod_and_several_decoders.c.must_have
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
-{0, { .str=(byteptr)("embed.vv"), .len=8, .is_lit=1 }, { .str=(byteptr)("zlib"), .len=4, .is_lit=1 }, _v_embed_blob_0},
-{1, { .str=(byteptr)("embed.vv"), .len=8, .is_lit=1 }, { .str=(byteptr)("none"), .len=4, .is_lit=1 }, _v_embed_blob_1},
+{0, { .str=(byteptr)("embed.vv"), .len=8, .is_lit=1 }, { .str=(byteptr)("zlib"), .len=4, .is_lit=1 }, (byteptr)_v_embed_blob_0},
+{1, { .str=(byteptr)("embed.vv"), .len=8, .is_lit=1 }, { .str=(byteptr)("none"), .len=4, .is_lit=1 }, (byteptr)_v_embed_blob_1},
 
 VV_LOCAL_SYMBOL void v__preludes__embed_file__zlib__init(void);
 VV_LOCAL_SYMBOL _result_Array_u8 v__preludes__embed_file__zlib__ZLibDecoder_decompress(v__preludes__embed_file__zlib__ZLibDecoder _d1, Array_u8 data) {
diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/c/testdata/embed_with_prod_zlib.c.must_have b/vlib/v/gen/c/testdata/embed_with_prod_zlib.c.must_have
index 0041395e52..6f880a0088 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/c/testdata/embed_with_prod_zlib.c.must_have
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/c/testdata/embed_with_prod_zlib.c.must_have
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ static const unsigned char _v_embed_blob_0[121] = {
 0x78,0x01,0x05,0x40,0x4b,0x0a,0x83,0x30,0x10,0x5d,0x67,0x4e,0xf1,0x16,0x05,0x93,
 
 const v__embed_file__EmbedFileIndexEntry _v_embed_file_index[] = {
-	{0, { .str=(byteptr)("embed.vv"), .len=8, .is_lit=1 }, { .str=(byteptr)("zlib"), .len=4, .is_lit=1 }, _v_embed_blob_0},
+	{0, { .str=(byteptr)("embed.vv"), .len=8, .is_lit=1 }, { .str=(byteptr)("zlib"), .len=4, .is_lit=1 }, (byteptr)_v_embed_blob_0},
 	{-1, { .str=(byteptr)(""), .len=0, .is_lit=1 }, { .str=(byteptr)(""), .len=0, .is_lit=1 }, NULL}
 };