diff --git a/src/compiler/sema_expr.c b/src/compiler/sema_expr.c
index b13593e10..bdd3ed5ec 100644
--- a/src/compiler/sema_expr.c
+++ b/src/compiler/sema_expr.c
@@ -9158,6 +9158,7 @@ static inline bool sema_expr_analyse_ct_arg(SemaContext *context, Type *infer_ty
 		}
 		case TOKEN_CT_VAREF:
 		{
+			SEMA_DEPRECATED(expr, "'$varef' is deprecated together with '&' arguments.");
 			// A normal argument, this means we only evaluate it once.
 			unsigned index = 0;
 			ASSIGN_EXPR_OR_RET(Expr *arg_expr, sema_expr_analyse_ct_arg_index(context, exprptr(expr->ct_arg_expr.arg), &index), false);
diff --git a/test/test_suite/macros/macro_untyped_varargs_2.c3t b/test/test_suite/macros/macro_untyped_varargs_2.c3t
index c4e12f584..8621fb3ef 100644
--- a/test/test_suite/macros/macro_untyped_varargs_2.c3t
+++ b/test/test_suite/macros/macro_untyped_varargs_2.c3t
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ macro foo3(...)
 
 macro @foo4(...)
 {
-	$typeof(*$varef[0]) a = *$varef[0];
-	*$varef[0] = *$varef[1];
-	*$varef[1] = a;
+	$typeof($vaexpr[0]) a = $vaexpr[0];
+	$vaexpr[0] = $vaexpr[1];
+	$vaexpr[1] = a;
 }
 fn int ping(int val)
 {