diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/walk/range.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/walk/range.go
index dcf7a786e7..6c30fa2877 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/walk/range.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/walk/range.go
@@ -403,8 +403,14 @@ func arrayClear(loop *ir.RangeStmt, v1, v2, a ir.Node) ir.Node {
 		return nil
 	}
 	lhs := stmt.X.(*ir.IndexExpr)
+	x := lhs.X
+	if a.Type().IsPtr() && a.Type().Elem().IsArray() {
+		if s, ok := x.(*ir.StarExpr); ok && s.Op() == ir.ODEREF {
+			x = s.X
+		}
+	}
 
-	if !ir.SameSafeExpr(lhs.X, a) || !ir.SameSafeExpr(lhs.Index, v1) {
+	if !ir.SameSafeExpr(x, a) || !ir.SameSafeExpr(lhs.Index, v1) {
 		return nil
 	}
 
diff --git a/test/codegen/issue52635.go b/test/codegen/issue52635.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0e4d169081
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/codegen/issue52635.go
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+// asmcheck
+
+// Copyright 2022 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// Test that optimized range memclr works with pointers to arrays.
+
+package codegen
+
+type T struct {
+	a *[10]int
+	b [10]int
+}
+
+func (t *T) f() {
+	// amd64:".*runtime.memclrNoHeapPointers"
+	for i := range t.a {
+		t.a[i] = 0
+	}
+
+	// amd64:".*runtime.memclrNoHeapPointers"
+	for i := range *t.a {
+		t.a[i] = 0
+	}
+
+	// amd64:".*runtime.memclrNoHeapPointers"
+	for i := range t.a {
+		(*t.a)[i] = 0
+	}
+
+	// amd64:".*runtime.memclrNoHeapPointers"
+	for i := range *t.a {
+		(*t.a)[i] = 0
+	}
+}