diff --git a/compiler/dfa.nim b/compiler/dfa.nim
index 7315e74bc..2805e42fb 100644
--- a/compiler/dfa.nim
+++ b/compiler/dfa.nim
@@ -607,14 +607,9 @@ proc aliases(obj, field: PNode): bool =
     if sameTrees(obj, n): return true
     case n.kind
     of nkDotExpr, nkCheckedFieldExpr, nkHiddenSubConv, nkHiddenStdConv,
-       nkObjDownConv, nkObjUpConv, nkHiddenDeref, nkDerefExpr:
+       nkObjDownConv, nkObjUpConv, nkHiddenAddr, nkAddr, nkBracketExpr,
+       nkHiddenDeref, nkDerefExpr:
       n = n[0]
-    of nkBracketExpr:
-      let x = n[0]
-      if x.typ != nil and x.typ.skipTypes(abstractInst).kind == tyTuple:
-        n = x
-      else:
-        break
     else:
       break
   return false
@@ -652,7 +647,7 @@ proc isAnalysableFieldAccess*(orig: PNode; owner: PSym): bool =
   while true:
     case n.kind
     of nkDotExpr, nkCheckedFieldExpr, nkHiddenSubConv, nkHiddenStdConv,
-       nkObjDownConv, nkObjUpConv:
+       nkObjDownConv, nkObjUpConv, nkHiddenAddr, nkAddr, nkBracketExpr:
       n = n[0]
     of nkHiddenDeref, nkDerefExpr:
       # We "own" sinkparam[].loc but not ourVar[].location as it is a nasty
@@ -660,12 +655,6 @@ proc isAnalysableFieldAccess*(orig: PNode; owner: PSym): bool =
       n = n[0]
       return n.kind == nkSym and n.sym.owner == owner and (isSinkParam(n.sym) or
           n.sym.typ.skipTypes(abstractInst-{tyOwned}).kind in {tyOwned})
-    of nkBracketExpr:
-      let x = n[0]
-      if x.typ != nil and x.typ.skipTypes(abstractInst).kind == tyTuple:
-        n = x
-      else:
-        break
     else:
       break
   # XXX Allow closure deref operations here if we know
diff --git a/tests/destructor/t12037.nim b/tests/destructor/t12037.nim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d50262d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/destructor/t12037.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+discard """
+  cmd: '''nim c --newruntime $file'''
+  output: '''
+showing original type, length, and contents seq[int] 1 @[42]
+copy length and contents 1 @[42]
+'''
+"""
+
+proc test() =
+  var sq1 = @[42]
+  echo "showing original type, length, and contents ", sq1.typeof, " ", sq1.len, " ", sq1
+  doAssert cast[int](sq1[0].unsafeAddr) != 0
+  var sq2 = sq1 # copy of original
+  echo "copy length and contents ", sq2.len, " ", sq2
+  doAssert cast[int](sq2[0].unsafeAddr) != 0
+  doAssert cast[int](sq1[0].unsafeAddr) != 0
+
+test()