diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/typecheck/subr.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/typecheck/subr.go
index 5323872eaf..5854e3c458 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/typecheck/subr.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/typecheck/subr.go
@@ -1414,9 +1414,15 @@ func Shapify(t *types.Type) *types.Type {
 		return s
 	}
 
-	sym := shapePkg.Lookup(u.LinkString())
+	sym := types.ShapePkg.Lookup(u.LinkString())
+	if sym.Def != nil {
+		// Use any existing type with the same name
+		shaped[u] = sym.Def.Type()
+		return shaped[u]
+	}
 	name := ir.NewDeclNameAt(u.Pos(), ir.OTYPE, sym)
 	s := types.NewNamed(name)
+	sym.Def = name
 	s.SetUnderlying(u)
 	s.SetIsShape(true)
 	s.SetHasShape(true)
@@ -1427,5 +1433,3 @@ func Shapify(t *types.Type) *types.Type {
 }
 
 var shaped = map[*types.Type]*types.Type{}
-
-var shapePkg = types.NewPkg(".shape", ".shape")
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/types/type.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/types/type.go
index eb70f7b9b4..392c54ba79 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/types/type.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/types/type.go
@@ -1706,6 +1706,10 @@ func NewNamed(obj TypeObject) *Type {
 	t := newType(TFORW)
 	t.sym = obj.Sym()
 	t.nod = obj
+	if t.sym.Pkg == ShapePkg {
+		t.SetIsShape(true)
+		t.SetHasShape(true)
+	}
 	return t
 }
 
@@ -2182,3 +2186,5 @@ var (
 )
 
 var SimType [NTYPE]Kind
+
+var ShapePkg = NewPkg(".shape", ".shape")
diff --git a/test/typeparam/issue48337b.dir/a.go b/test/typeparam/issue48337b.dir/a.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a3c2e88a2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/typeparam/issue48337b.dir/a.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// Copyright 2021 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package a
+
+type Container[T any] struct {
+	X T
+}
+
+func NewContainer[T any](x T) *Container[T] {
+	return &Container[T]{x}
+}
+
+type MetaContainer struct {
+	C *Container[Value]
+}
+
+type Value struct{}
+
+func NewMetaContainer() *MetaContainer {
+	c := NewContainer(Value{})
+	// c := &Container[Value]{Value{}} // <-- this works
+	return &MetaContainer{c}
+}
diff --git a/test/typeparam/issue48337b.dir/main.go b/test/typeparam/issue48337b.dir/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0b2814cbc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/typeparam/issue48337b.dir/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// Copyright 2021 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package main
+
+import "a"
+
+func main() {
+	a.NewMetaContainer()
+}
diff --git a/test/typeparam/issue48337b.go b/test/typeparam/issue48337b.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..76930e5e4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/typeparam/issue48337b.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// rundir -G=3
+
+// Copyright 2021 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package ignored