diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/assign.v b/vlib/v/checker/assign.v
index 511844ca6e..586600a03a 100644
--- a/vlib/v/checker/assign.v
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/assign.v
@@ -188,6 +188,15 @@ fn (mut c Checker) assign_stmt(mut node ast.AssignStmt) {
 			} else if mut right is ast.PrefixExpr {
 				if right.op == .amp && right.right is ast.StructInit {
 					right_type = c.expr(right)
+				} else if right.op == .arrow {
+					right_type = c.expr(right)
+					right_type_sym := c.table.sym(right_type)
+					if right_type_sym.kind == .array_fixed
+						&& (right_type_sym.info as ast.ArrayFixed).is_fn_ret {
+						info := right_type_sym.info as ast.ArrayFixed
+						right_type = c.table.find_or_register_array_fixed(info.elem_type,
+							info.size, info.size_expr, false)
+					}
 				}
 			} else if mut right is ast.Ident {
 				if right.kind == .function {
diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/c/assign.v b/vlib/v/gen/c/assign.v
index f9efbf977b..eac7b14647 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/c/assign.v
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/c/assign.v
@@ -353,6 +353,7 @@ fn (mut g Gen) assign_stmt(node_ ast.AssignStmt) {
 		is_fixed_array_var := unaliased_right_sym.kind == .array_fixed && val !is ast.ArrayInit
 			&& (val in [ast.Ident, ast.IndexExpr, ast.CallExpr, ast.SelectorExpr, ast.DumpExpr]
 			|| (val is ast.CastExpr && (val as ast.CastExpr).expr !is ast.ArrayInit)
+			|| (val is ast.PrefixExpr && (val as ast.PrefixExpr).op == .arrow)
 			|| (val is ast.UnsafeExpr && (val as ast.UnsafeExpr).expr is ast.Ident))
 			&& !g.pref.translated
 		g.is_assign_lhs = true
diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/c/cgen.v b/vlib/v/gen/c/cgen.v
index fc2044edbc..11fb37834d 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/c/cgen.v
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/c/cgen.v
@@ -1408,16 +1408,24 @@ pub fn (mut g Gen) write_typedef_types() {
 					chan_inf := sym.chan_info()
 					chan_elem_type := chan_inf.elem_type
 					if !chan_elem_type.has_flag(.generic) {
-						el_stype := g.typ(chan_elem_type)
+						mut el_stype := g.typ(chan_elem_type)
+						is_fixed_arr := g.table.sym(chan_elem_type).kind == .array_fixed
+						val_arg_pop := if is_fixed_arr { '&val.ret_arr' } else { '&val' }
+						val_arg_push := if is_fixed_arr { 'val' } else { '&val' }
+						push_arg := if is_fixed_arr {
+							el_stype.trim_string_left('_v_') + '*'
+						} else {
+							el_stype
+						}
 						g.channel_definitions.writeln('
 static inline ${el_stype} __${sym.cname}_popval(${sym.cname} ch) {
 	${el_stype} val;
-	sync__Channel_try_pop_priv(ch, &val, false);
+	sync__Channel_try_pop_priv(ch, ${val_arg_pop}, false);
 	return val;
 }')
 						g.channel_definitions.writeln('
-static inline void __${sym.cname}_pushval(${sym.cname} ch, ${el_stype} val) {
-	sync__Channel_try_push_priv(ch, &val, false);
+static inline void __${sym.cname}_pushval(${sym.cname} ch, ${push_arg} val) {
+	sync__Channel_try_push_priv(ch, ${val_arg_push}, false);
 }')
 					}
 				}
diff --git a/vlib/v/parser/parse_type.v b/vlib/v/parser/parse_type.v
index 2206c821b5..23562015db 100644
--- a/vlib/v/parser/parse_type.v
+++ b/vlib/v/parser/parse_type.v
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ fn (mut p Parser) parse_array_type(expecting token.Kind, is_option bool) ast.Typ
 			p.error_with_pos('fixed size cannot be zero or negative', size_expr.pos())
 		}
 		idx := p.table.find_or_register_array_fixed(elem_type, fixed_size, size_expr,
-			!is_option && p.inside_fn_return)
+			!is_option && (p.inside_fn_return || p.inside_chan_decl))
 		if elem_type.has_flag(.generic) {
 			return ast.new_type(idx).set_flag(.generic)
 		}
@@ -162,8 +162,10 @@ fn (mut p Parser) parse_chan_type() ast.Type {
 	}
 	p.register_auto_import('sync')
 	p.next()
+	p.inside_chan_decl = true
 	is_mut := p.tok.kind == .key_mut
 	elem_type := p.parse_type()
+	p.inside_chan_decl = false
 	idx := p.table.find_or_register_chan(elem_type, is_mut)
 	if elem_type.has_flag(.generic) {
 		return ast.new_type(idx).set_flag(.generic)
diff --git a/vlib/v/parser/parser.v b/vlib/v/parser/parser.v
index d38d35f3da..af9bc1f1fc 100644
--- a/vlib/v/parser/parser.v
+++ b/vlib/v/parser/parser.v
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ mut:
 	inside_struct_attr_decl   bool
 	inside_map_init           bool
 	inside_orm                bool
+	inside_chan_decl          bool
 	or_is_handled             bool       // ignore `or` in this expression
 	builtin_mod               bool       // are we in the `builtin` module?
 	mod                       string     // current module name