diff --git a/src/cc65/expr.c b/src/cc65/expr.c
index 8b0824c31..aef0679d4 100644
--- a/src/cc65/expr.c
+++ b/src/cc65/expr.c
@@ -3001,8 +3001,9 @@ static void parseadd (ExprDesc* Expr, int DoArrayRef)
             }
 
             if (!AddDone) {
-                if (ED_IsLocQuasiConst (&Expr2) &&
-                    rscale == 1                 &&
+                if (ED_IsLocQuasiConst (&Expr2)  &&
+                    !IsTypeBitField (Expr2.Type) &&
+                    rscale == 1                  &&
                     CheckedSizeOf (rhst) == SIZEOF_CHAR) {
                     /* Change the order back */
                     RemoveCode (&Mark);
diff --git a/test/val/bug2186.c b/test/val/bug2186.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..143111d97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/val/bug2186.c
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/* Bug #2186 - Wrong array indexing when index comes from bit-field */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+unsigned failures;
+
+typedef struct {
+    char flag : 1;
+    char index : 7;
+} weird_type;
+
+const char array[] = { '6', '5', '0', '2' };
+
+weird_type data;
+
+int main(void) {
+    data.flag = 1;
+
+    data.index = 0;
+    if (array[data.index] != array[0])
+    {
+        ++failures;
+        printf("Got '%c', expected '%c'\n", array[data.index], array[0]);
+    }
+
+    data.index = 1;
+    if (array[data.index] != array[1])
+    {
+        ++failures;
+        printf("Got '%c', expected '%c'\n", array[data.index], array[1]);
+    }
+
+    if (failures > 0)
+    {
+        printf("Failures: %u\n", failures);
+    }
+
+    return failures;
+}
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