diff --git a/src/V3EmitCFunc.cpp b/src/V3EmitCFunc.cpp
index 18bb14c68..8eb82b31f 100644
--- a/src/V3EmitCFunc.cpp
+++ b/src/V3EmitCFunc.cpp
@@ -463,9 +463,7 @@ void EmitCFunc::emitVarReset(const string& prefix, AstVar* varp, bool constructi
     // 'constructing' indicates that the object was just constructed, so if it is a string or
     // something that starts off clear already, no need to clear it again
     AstNodeDType* const dtypep = varp->dtypep()->skipRefp();
-    const string vlSelf = m_cfuncp && m_cfuncp->isStatic()
-                              ? "vlSymsp->TOP__" + m_modp->name() + "."
-                              : VSelfPointerText::replaceThis(m_useSelfForThis, "this->");
+    const string vlSelf = VSelfPointerText::replaceThis(m_useSelfForThis, "this->");
     const string varNameProtected
         = ((VN_IS(m_modp, Class) || varp->isFuncLocal()) || !prefix.empty())
               ? varp->nameProtect()
diff --git a/src/V3EmitCFunc.h b/src/V3EmitCFunc.h
index c05c46afe..6eedcbc69 100644
--- a/src/V3EmitCFunc.h
+++ b/src/V3EmitCFunc.h
@@ -573,8 +573,14 @@ public:
                      + "\", " + std::to_string(nodep->fileline()->lineno()) + ")->"),
                     memberVarp, resetp->constructing());
             } else {
-                AstVar* const varp = VN_AS(fromp, NodeVarRef)->varp();
-                emitVarReset("", varp, resetp->constructing());
+                AstNodeVarRef* const fromVarRefp = VN_AS(fromp, NodeVarRef);
+                AstVar* const varp = fromVarRefp->varp();
+                const string prefix
+                    = fromVarRefp->selfPointer().isEmpty()
+                          ? ""
+                          : dereferenceString(
+                                VN_AS(fromp, NodeVarRef)->selfPointerProtect(m_useSelfForThis));
+                emitVarReset(prefix, varp, resetp->constructing());
             }
             return;
         }