diff --git a/tree/treeplayer/test/leafs.cxx b/tree/treeplayer/test/leafs.cxx
index 5c3f5ef74b5e117ae31b06d412c84781a4d2d256..f0d7fae28cddc33f5479f6bbbad086be459e667a 100644
--- a/tree/treeplayer/test/leafs.cxx
+++ b/tree/treeplayer/test/leafs.cxx
@@ -246,7 +246,9 @@ TEST(TTreeReaderLeafs, BranchAndLeafWithDifferentNames)
 
    TTreeReader r(&t);
    TTreeReaderValue<int> rv(r, "x");
+   TTreeReaderValue<int> rvwithdot(r, "x.y");
    ASSERT_TRUE(r.Next());
    EXPECT_EQ(*rv, 42);
+   EXPECT_EQ(*rvwithdot, 42);
    EXPECT_FALSE(r.Next());
 }