diff --git a/src/eval.c b/src/eval.c
index 6ce5918..f4f8c05 100644
--- a/src/eval.c
+++ b/src/eval.c
@@ -1489,8 +1489,17 @@
 	return FAIL;
 
     if (lp->ll_valtype != NULL && !lp->ll_range)
+    {
 	// use the type of the member
-	lp->ll_valtype = lp->ll_valtype->tt_member;
+	if (lp->ll_valtype->tt_member != NULL)
+	    lp->ll_valtype = lp->ll_valtype->tt_member;
+	else
+	    // If the LHS member type is not known (VAR_ANY), then get it from
+	    // the list item (after indexing)
+	    lp->ll_valtype = typval2type(&lp->ll_li->li_tv, get_copyID(),
+					 &lp->ll_type_list, TVTT_DO_MEMBER);
+
+    }
 
     /*
      * May need to find the item or absolute index for the second
@@ -1994,6 +2003,7 @@
 
     // Clear everything in "lp".
     CLEAR_POINTER(lp);
+    ga_init2(&lp->ll_type_list, sizeof(type_T *), 10);
 
     if (skip || (flags & GLV_COMPILING))
     {
@@ -2178,6 +2188,7 @@
 {
     vim_free(lp->ll_exp_name);
     vim_free(lp->ll_newkey);
+    clear_type_list(&lp->ll_type_list);
 }
 
 /*