diff --git a/src/parser/transform/transform_expression.cpp b/src/parser/transform/transform_expression.cpp
index 4e9ed13b00..7a47ec4b08 100644
--- a/src/parser/transform/transform_expression.cpp
+++ b/src/parser/transform/transform_expression.cpp
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ std::unique_ptr<ParsedExpression> Transformer::transformStructLiteral(
     for (auto& structField : ctx.kU_StructField()) {
         auto structExpr = transformExpression(*structField->oC_Expression());
         std::string alias;
-        if (structField->oC_Expression()) {
+        if (structField->oC_SymbolicName()) {
             alias = transformSymbolicName(*structField->oC_SymbolicName());
         } else {
             alias = transformStringLiteral(*structField->StringLiteral());
diff --git a/test/test_files/tinysnb/function/struct.test b/test/test_files/tinysnb/function/struct.test
index 490bef6876..1ce2053c4b 100644
--- a/test/test_files/tinysnb/function/struct.test
+++ b/test/test_files/tinysnb/function/struct.test
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
 ---- 1
 {a: 1, b: {c: C, d: D}}
 
+-STATEMENT RETURN {"foo": "bar"};
+---- 1
+{foo: bar}
+
 -LOG StructExtract
 -STATEMENT WITH {a:1, b:{c: 'C', d: 'D'}} AS s RETURN s.b.c
 ---- 1