diff --git a/src/EFCore.Design/Design/Internal/CSharpHelper.cs b/src/EFCore.Design/Design/Internal/CSharpHelper.cs
index 793e4643388..8d4372aacaa 100644
--- a/src/EFCore.Design/Design/Internal/CSharpHelper.cs
+++ b/src/EFCore.Design/Design/Internal/CSharpHelper.cs
@@ -893,14 +893,21 @@ private bool HandleExpression(Expression expression, StringBuilder builder, bool
                     if (memberExpression.Expression == null)
                     {
                         builder
-                            .Append(Reference(memberExpression.Member.DeclaringType, useFullName: true))
-                            .Append('.')
-                            .Append(memberExpression.Member.Name);
-
-                        return true;
+                            .Append(Reference(memberExpression.Member.DeclaringType, useFullName: true));
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        if (!HandleExpression(memberExpression.Expression, builder))
+                        {
+                            return false;
+                        }
                     }
 
-                    return false;
+                    builder
+                        .Append('.')
+                        .Append(memberExpression.Member.Name);
+
+                    return true;
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/test/EFCore.Design.Tests/Design/Internal/CSharpHelperTest.cs b/test/EFCore.Design.Tests/Design/Internal/CSharpHelperTest.cs
index b71a2c058cb..f9d2b11f115 100644
--- a/test/EFCore.Design.Tests/Design/Internal/CSharpHelperTest.cs
+++ b/test/EFCore.Design.Tests/Design/Internal/CSharpHelperTest.cs
@@ -533,22 +533,35 @@ public void Literal_with_two_parameter_instance_factory_and_internal_cast()
         public void Literal_with_static_field()
         {
             var typeMapping = CreateTypeMappingSource<SimpleTestType>(
-                v => Expression.Field(null, typeof(SimpleTestType).GetField(nameof(SimpleTestType.SomeField))));
+                v => Expression.Field(null, typeof(SimpleTestType).GetField(nameof(SimpleTestType.SomeStaticField))));
 
             Assert.Equal(
-                "Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design.Internal.SimpleTestType.SomeField",
-                new CSharpHelper(typeMapping).UnknownLiteral(SimpleTestType.SomeField));
+                "Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design.Internal.SimpleTestType.SomeStaticField",
+                new CSharpHelper(typeMapping).UnknownLiteral(new SimpleTestType()));
         }
 
         [ConditionalFact]
         public void Literal_with_static_property()
         {
             var typeMapping = CreateTypeMappingSource<SimpleTestType>(
-                v => Expression.Property(null, typeof(SimpleTestType).GetProperty(nameof(SimpleTestType.SomeProperty))));
+                v => Expression.Property(null, typeof(SimpleTestType).GetProperty(nameof(SimpleTestType.SomeStaticProperty))));
+
+            Assert.Equal(
+                "Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design.Internal.SimpleTestType.SomeStaticProperty",
+                new CSharpHelper(typeMapping).UnknownLiteral(new SimpleTestType()));
+        }
+
+        [ConditionalFact]
+        public void Literal_with_instance_property()
+        {
+            var typeMapping = CreateTypeMappingSource<SimpleTestType>(
+                v => Expression.Property(
+                    Expression.New(typeof(SimpleTestType)),
+                    typeof(SimpleTestType).GetProperty(nameof(SimpleTestType.SomeInstanceProperty))));
 
             Assert.Equal(
-                "Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design.Internal.SimpleTestType.SomeProperty",
-                new CSharpHelper(typeMapping).UnknownLiteral(SimpleTestType.SomeProperty));
+                "new Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design.Internal.SimpleTestType().SomeInstanceProperty",
+                new CSharpHelper(typeMapping).UnknownLiteral(new SimpleTestType()));
         }
 
         [ConditionalFact]
@@ -672,8 +685,10 @@ protected override RelationalTypeMapping Clone(RelationalTypeMappingParameters p
 
     internal class SimpleTestType
     {
-        public static readonly SimpleTestType SomeField = new SimpleTestType();
-        public static SimpleTestType SomeProperty { get; } = new SimpleTestType();
+        public static readonly int SomeStaticField = 8;
+        public readonly int SomeField = 8;
+        public static int SomeStaticProperty { get; } = 8;
+        public int SomeInstanceProperty { get; } = 8;
 
         public SimpleTestType()
         {