diff --git a/releasenotes.md b/releasenotes.md
index 4424ff3df..87a2b8443 100644
--- a/releasenotes.md
+++ b/releasenotes.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 - Optional does not play well with bit ops #2618.
 - `Bytebuffer.grow` was broken #2622.
 - Hex escapes like `"\x80"` would be incorrectly lowered. #2623
+- Ignore const null check on deref in `$defined` and `$sizeof` #2633.
 
 ### Stdlib changes
 - Add `ThreadPool` join function to wait for all threads to finish in the pool without destroying the threads.
diff --git a/src/compiler/sema_expr.c b/src/compiler/sema_expr.c
index fac18bc7c..46358a21e 100644
--- a/src/compiler/sema_expr.c
+++ b/src/compiler/sema_expr.c
@@ -6085,7 +6085,7 @@ TYPE_CALL:
 
 bool sema_expr_rewrite_insert_deref(SemaContext *context, Expr *original)
 {
-	if (expr_is_const_pointer(original) && !original->const_expr.ptr)
+	if (expr_is_const_pointer(original) && !original->const_expr.ptr && !context->call_env.in_no_eval)
 	{
 		RETURN_SEMA_ERROR(original, "This value is known to be null so you cannot dereference it.");
 	}
diff --git a/test/test_suite/compile_time_introspection/defined_null_deref_check.c3t b/test/test_suite/compile_time_introspection/defined_null_deref_check.c3t
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..68417885c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_suite/compile_time_introspection/defined_null_deref_check.c3t
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+module test;
+import std;
+
+fn int main()
+{
+	int x @if($defined((char*){}.is_digit()));
+	isz s = $sizeof((char*){}.is_digit());
+	$typeof((char*){}.is_digit()) t;
+	return 0;
+}
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