diff --git a/internal/lsp/source/completion.go b/internal/lsp/source/completion.go
index eb8d18d2b1..b6193c5728 100644
--- a/internal/lsp/source/completion.go
+++ b/internal/lsp/source/completion.go
@@ -1329,7 +1329,6 @@ func expectedCandidate(c *completer) (inf candidateInference) {
 
 	if c.enclosingCompositeLiteral != nil {
 		inf.objType = c.expectedCompositeLiteralType()
-		return inf
 	}
 
 Nodes:
diff --git a/internal/lsp/testdata/lsp/primarymod/snippets/literal_snippets.go.in b/internal/lsp/testdata/lsp/primarymod/snippets/literal_snippets.go.in
index 9906a2b78a..ffaa125073 100644
--- a/internal/lsp/testdata/lsp/primarymod/snippets/literal_snippets.go.in
+++ b/internal/lsp/testdata/lsp/primarymod/snippets/literal_snippets.go.in
@@ -180,3 +180,15 @@ func _() {
 	var mi myInt
 	mi = my //@snippet(" //", litMyInt, "myInt($0)", "myInt($0)")
 }
+
+func _() {
+	type ptrStruct struct {
+		p *ptrStruct
+	}
+
+	ptrStruct{} //@item(litPtrStruct, "ptrStruct{}", "", "var")
+
+	ptrStruct{
+		p: &ptrSt, //@rank(",", litPtrStruct)
+	}
+}