diff --git a/vlib/v/ast/table.v b/vlib/v/ast/table.v
index 219a3a00ba..b670defedd 100644
--- a/vlib/v/ast/table.v
+++ b/vlib/v/ast/table.v
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ pub fn (mut t Table) register_anon_struct(name string, sym_idx int) {
 }
 
 pub fn (t &Table) known_type(name string) bool {
-	return t.find_type_idx(name) != 0 || t.parsing_type == name || name in ['i32', 'byte']
+	return t.type_idxs[name] != 0 || t.parsing_type == name || name in ['i32', 'byte']
 }
 
 // start_parsing_type open the scope during the parsing of a type
diff --git a/vlib/v/parser/parser.v b/vlib/v/parser/parser.v
index 7d06ba1860..03615f9aad 100644
--- a/vlib/v/parser/parser.v
+++ b/vlib/v/parser/parser.v
@@ -2119,6 +2119,29 @@ fn (mut p Parser) parse_multi_expr(is_top_level bool) ast.Stmt {
 	}
 }
 
+fn (mut p Parser) is_following_concrete_types() bool {
+	if !(p.tok.kind == .lsbr && p.tok.pos - p.prev_tok.pos == p.prev_tok.len) {
+		return false
+	}
+	mut i := 1
+	for {
+		cur_tok := p.peek_token(i)
+		if cur_tok.kind == .eof {
+			return false
+		} else if cur_tok.kind == .rsbr {
+			break
+		} else if cur_tok.kind == .name {
+			if !(cur_tok.lit.len > 1 && p.is_typename(cur_tok)) {
+				return false
+			}
+		} else if cur_tok.kind != .comma {
+			return false
+		}
+		i++
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
 pub fn (mut p Parser) ident(language ast.Language) ast.Ident {
 	is_option := p.tok.kind == .question && p.peek_tok.kind == .lsbr
 	if is_option {
@@ -2172,12 +2195,7 @@ pub fn (mut p Parser) ident(language ast.Language) ast.Ident {
 			scope: p.scope
 		}
 	}
-	mut is_known_generic_fn := false
-	if func := p.table.find_fn(p.prepend_mod(name)) {
-		if func.generic_names.len > 0 {
-			is_known_generic_fn = true
-		}
-	}
+	is_following_concrete_types := p.is_following_concrete_types()
 	mut concrete_types := []ast.Type{}
 	if p.expr_mod.len > 0 {
 		name = '${p.expr_mod}.${name}'
@@ -2195,7 +2213,7 @@ pub fn (mut p Parser) ident(language ast.Language) ast.Ident {
 	} else if allowed_cases && p.tok.kind == .key_orelse {
 		or_kind = ast.OrKind.block
 		or_stmts, or_pos = p.or_block(.no_err_var)
-	} else if is_known_generic_fn && p.tok.kind == .lsbr {
+	} else if is_following_concrete_types {
 		// `generic_fn[int]`
 		concrete_types = p.parse_concrete_types()
 	}
diff --git a/vlib/v/tests/generics_fn_variable_test.v b/vlib/v/tests/generics_fn_variable_test.v
index a61ee3bff9..a6f6a928f4 100644
--- a/vlib/v/tests/generics_fn_variable_test.v
+++ b/vlib/v/tests/generics_fn_variable_test.v
@@ -4,17 +4,30 @@ fn func[T](x T, i int, f_ Fn[T]) T {
 	return f_(x, i)
 }
 
-fn f[T](x T, i int) T {
+fn f1[T](x T, i int) T {
 	return x
 }
 
 fn test_generic_fn_variable() {
-	ff := f[int]
-	ret := ff(1, 11)
-	println(ret)
-	assert ret == 1
+	ff1 := f1[int]
+	ret1 := ff1(1, 11)
+	println(ret1)
+	assert ret1 == 1
 
-	x := func[f64](2.0, 3, f[f64])
-	println(x)
-	assert x == 2.0
+	ff2 := f2[int]
+	ret2 := ff2(1, 11)
+	println(ret2)
+	assert ret2 == 1
+
+	x1 := func[f64](2.0, 3, f1[f64])
+	println(x1)
+	assert x1 == 2.0
+
+	x2 := func[f64](2.0, 3, f2[f64])
+	println(x2)
+	assert x2 == 2.0
+}
+
+fn f2[T](x T, i int) T {
+	return x
 }