diff --git a/src/evalvars.c b/src/evalvars.c
index e473e48..8061a50 100644
--- a/src/evalvars.c
+++ b/src/evalvars.c
@@ -3122,8 +3122,12 @@
 	return FAIL;
     if (rettv->v_type == VAR_ANY && *s == '.')
     {
+	char_u *ns = s + 1;
+	s = ns;
+	while (ASCII_ISALNUM(*s) || *s == '_')
+	    ++s;
 	int sid = rettv->vval.v_number;
-	return eval_variable(s + 1, 0, sid, rettv, NULL, 0);
+	return eval_variable(ns, (int)(s - ns), sid, rettv, NULL, 0);
     }
     return OK;
 }
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_vim9_class.vim b/src/testdir/test_vim9_class.vim
index cf7a6c1..c6c583a 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_vim9_class.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_vim9_class.vim
@@ -992,6 +992,10 @@
       a = animal.Animal.new('fish', 'Eric')
       assert_equal('fish', a.kind)
       assert_equal('Eric', a.name)
+
+      var b: animal.Animal = animal.Animal.new('cat', 'Garfield')
+      assert_equal('cat', b.kind)
+      assert_equal('Garfield', b.name)
   END
   v9.CheckScriptSuccess(lines)
 enddef
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index a0fc017..f702b36 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -696,6 +696,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    1186,
+/**/
     1185,
 /**/
     1184,