diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/checker.v b/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
index aba8514edf..0345132b5e 100644
--- a/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/checker.v
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const (
 	valid_comp_if_platforms = ['amd64', 'aarch64', 'x64', 'x32', 'little_endian', 'big_endian']
 	valid_comp_if_other     = ['js', 'debug', 'prod', 'test', 'glibc', 'prealloc', 'no_bounds_checking']
 	array_builtin_methods   = ['filter', 'clone', 'repeat', 'reverse', 'map', 'slice', 'sort',
-		'contains', 'index', 'wait', 'any', 'all']
+		'contains', 'index', 'wait', 'any', 'all', 'first', 'last', 'pop']
 )
 
 pub struct Checker {
@@ -1388,37 +1388,7 @@ pub fn (mut c Checker) call_method(mut call_expr ast.CallExpr) table.Type {
 	if left_type_sym.kind == .array && method_name in checker.array_builtin_methods {
 		return c.call_array_builtin_method(mut call_expr, left_type, left_type_sym)
 	} else if left_type_sym.kind == .map && method_name in ['clone', 'keys', 'move'] {
-		mut ret_type := table.void_type
-		match method_name {
-			'clone', 'move' {
-				if method_name[0] == `m` {
-					c.fail_if_immutable(call_expr.left)
-				}
-				if call_expr.left.is_auto_deref_var() {
-					ret_type = left_type.deref()
-				} else {
-					ret_type = left_type
-				}
-			}
-			'keys' {
-				info := left_type_sym.info as table.Map
-				typ := c.table.find_or_register_array(info.key_type)
-				ret_type = table.Type(typ)
-			}
-			else {}
-		}
-		call_expr.receiver_type = left_type.to_ptr()
-		call_expr.return_type = ret_type
-		return call_expr.return_type
-	} else if left_type_sym.kind == .array && method_name in ['first', 'last', 'pop'] {
-		info := left_type_sym.info as table.Array
-		call_expr.return_type = info.elem_type
-		if method_name == 'pop' {
-			call_expr.receiver_type = left_type.to_ptr()
-		} else {
-			call_expr.receiver_type = left_type
-		}
-		return call_expr.return_type
+		return c.call_map_builtin_method(mut call_expr, left_type, left_type_sym)
 	} else if left_type_sym.kind == .array && method_name in ['insert', 'prepend'] {
 		info := left_type_sym.info as table.Array
 		arg_expr := if method_name == 'insert' {
@@ -1679,6 +1649,32 @@ pub fn (mut c Checker) call_method(mut call_expr ast.CallExpr) table.Type {
 	return table.void_type
 }
 
+fn (mut c Checker) call_map_builtin_method(mut call_expr ast.CallExpr, left_type table.Type, left_type_sym table.TypeSymbol) table.Type {
+	method_name := call_expr.name
+	mut ret_type := table.void_type
+	match method_name {
+		'clone', 'move' {
+			if method_name[0] == `m` {
+				c.fail_if_immutable(call_expr.left)
+			}
+			if call_expr.left.is_auto_deref_var() {
+				ret_type = left_type.deref()
+			} else {
+				ret_type = left_type
+			}
+		}
+		'keys' {
+			info := left_type_sym.info as table.Map
+			typ := c.table.find_or_register_array(info.key_type)
+			ret_type = table.Type(typ)
+		}
+		else {}
+	}
+	call_expr.receiver_type = left_type.to_ptr()
+	call_expr.return_type = ret_type
+	return call_expr.return_type
+}
+
 fn (mut c Checker) call_array_builtin_method(mut call_expr ast.CallExpr, left_type table.Type, left_type_sym table.TypeSymbol) table.Type {
 	method_name := call_expr.name
 	mut elem_typ := table.void_type
@@ -1768,6 +1764,13 @@ fn (mut c Checker) call_array_builtin_method(mut call_expr ast.CallExpr, left_ty
 		call_expr.return_type = table.bool_type
 	} else if method_name == 'index' {
 		call_expr.return_type = table.int_type
+	} else if method_name in ['first', 'last', 'pop'] {
+		call_expr.return_type = array_info.elem_type
+		if method_name == 'pop' {
+			call_expr.receiver_type = left_type.to_ptr()
+		} else {
+			call_expr.receiver_type = left_type
+		}
 	}
 	return call_expr.return_type
 }