diff --git a/src/cc65/expr.c b/src/cc65/expr.c
index f3003507a..afb5e1960 100644
--- a/src/cc65/expr.c
+++ b/src/cc65/expr.c
@@ -1133,10 +1133,6 @@ static void Primary (ExprDesc* E)
                     /* Enum or some other numeric constant */
                     E->Flags = E_LOC_NONE | E_RTYPE_RVAL;
                     E->IVal  = Sym->V.ConstVal;
-                } else if ((Sym->Flags & SC_FUNC) == SC_FUNC) {
-                    /* Function */
-                    E->Flags = E_LOC_GLOBAL | E_RTYPE_LVAL;
-                    E->Name  = (uintptr_t) Sym->Name;
                 } else if ((Sym->Flags & SC_AUTO) == SC_AUTO) {
                     /* Local variable. If this is a parameter for a variadic
                     ** function, we have to add some address calculations, and the
@@ -1151,6 +1147,10 @@ static void Primary (ExprDesc* E)
                         E->Flags = E_LOC_STACK | E_RTYPE_LVAL;
                         E->IVal  = Sym->V.Offs;
                     }
+                } else if ((Sym->Flags & SC_FUNC) == SC_FUNC) {
+                    /* Function */
+                    E->Flags = E_LOC_GLOBAL | E_RTYPE_LVAL;
+                    E->Name  = (uintptr_t) Sym->Name;
                 } else if ((Sym->Flags & SC_REGISTER) == SC_REGISTER) {
                     /* Register variable, zero page based */
                     E->Flags = E_LOC_REGISTER | E_RTYPE_LVAL;
diff --git a/test/val/bug1838.c b/test/val/bug1838.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ba3c1164f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/val/bug1838.c
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/* Bug 1838 - function parameters declared as function types rather than function pointers */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+ 
+static int failures = 0;
+
+typedef int fn_t(int);
+ 
+int main(void)
+{
+    void foo(fn_t*);
+    fn_t bar;
+
+    foo(bar);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+void foo(int func(int))
+{
+    int n = func(42);
+
+    if (n != 12) {
+        printf("n = %d, expected: 12\n", n);
+        ++failures;
+    }
+}
+
+int bar(int a)
+{
+    if (a != 42) {
+        printf("a = %d, expected: 42\n", a);
+        ++failures;
+    }
+    return 12;
+}