diff --git a/releasenotes.md b/releasenotes.md
index c9611f0dc..b16146ee5 100644
--- a/releasenotes.md
+++ b/releasenotes.md
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 - `(uptr)&((Foo*)null).a` incorrectly inserts a null check. #1544
 - Incorrect error message when `$eval` is provided an invalid string. #1570
 - `HashMap.copy_keys` did not properly copy keys which needed to be allocated #1569
+- Named vector component access would not fold at compile time. #1574
 
 ### Stdlib changes
 - Remove unintended print of `char[]` as String
diff --git a/src/compiler/sema_expr.c b/src/compiler/sema_expr.c
index 901ca2138..311b1a186 100644
--- a/src/compiler/sema_expr.c
+++ b/src/compiler/sema_expr.c
@@ -4599,7 +4599,7 @@ static bool sema_expr_rewrite_to_type_property(SemaContext *context, Expr *expr,
 	UNREACHABLE
 }
 
-static inline bool sema_expr_analyse_swizzle(SemaContext *context, Expr *expr, Expr *parent, Type *flat_type, const char *kw, unsigned len)
+static inline bool sema_expr_analyse_swizzle(SemaContext *context, Expr *expr, Expr *parent, Type *flat_type, const char *kw, unsigned len, CheckType check)
 {
 	unsigned vec_len = flat_type->array.len;
 	Type *indexed_type = type_get_indexed_type(parent->type);
@@ -4624,15 +4624,12 @@ static inline bool sema_expr_analyse_swizzle(SemaContext *context, Expr *expr, E
 	index &= 0xF;
 	if (len == 1)
 	{
-		expr->expr_kind = EXPR_SUBSCRIPT_ADDR;
+		expr->expr_kind = EXPR_SUBSCRIPT;
 		expr->subscript_expr = (ExprSubscript) {
 				.index.expr = exprid(expr_new_const_int(expr->span, type_usz, index)),
 				.expr = exprid(parent)
 		};
-		expr->resolve_status = RESOLVE_DONE;
-		expr->type = type_get_ptr(indexed_type);
-		expr_rewrite_insert_deref(expr);
-		return true;
+		return sema_expr_analyse_subscript(context, expr, check, false);
 	}
 	Type *result = type_get_vector(indexed_type, len);
 	expr->expr_kind = EXPR_SWIZZLE;
@@ -4836,7 +4833,7 @@ static inline bool sema_expr_analyse_access(SemaContext *context, Expr *expr, bo
 				if (!swizzle[(int)kw[i]]) goto NOT_SWIZZLE;
 			}
 			// TODO should we do a missing for this as well?
-			return sema_expr_analyse_swizzle(context, expr, parent, flat_type, kw, len);
+			return sema_expr_analyse_swizzle(context, expr, parent, flat_type, kw, len, check);
 			NOT_SWIZZLE:;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/test/test_suite/assignment/alignment_index.c3t b/test/test_suite/assignment/alignment_index.c3t
index 9685ced18..5674c7b96 100644
--- a/test/test_suite/assignment/alignment_index.c3t
+++ b/test/test_suite/assignment/alignment_index.c3t
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ entry:
   %0 = load <2 x i32>, ptr @test.foo, align 1
   %elemset = insertelement <2 x i32> %0, i32 2, i64 1
   store <2 x i32> %elemset, ptr @test.foo, align 1
-  store i32 4, ptr getelementptr inbounds (i8, ptr @test.foo, i64 4), align 1
+  %1 = load <2 x i32>, ptr @test.foo, align 1
+  %elemset1 = insertelement <2 x i32> %1, i32 4, i64 1
+  store <2 x i32> %elemset1, ptr @test.foo, align 1
   ret void
 }
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diff --git a/test/test_suite/vector/swizzling.c3 b/test/test_suite/vector/swizzling.c3
index eaf9e69e1..e7b4c72b4 100644
--- a/test/test_suite/vector/swizzling.c3
+++ b/test/test_suite/vector/swizzling.c3
@@ -9,3 +9,14 @@ fn void! swizzle_test()
 
 }
 
+
+
+fn int main()
+{
+  int[<2>] $test = {3, 3};
+  int[<2>] $test2 = {4, 4};
+  $if ($test2.x != $test.x):
+  y++; // #error: did you spell it
+  $endif
+  return 0;
+}
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