diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/PickleQuotes.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/PickleQuotes.scala
index f3ae6a377aab..2452bae09719 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/PickleQuotes.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/PickleQuotes.scala
@@ -113,12 +113,10 @@ class PickleQuotes extends MacroTransform {
             case _ =>
               val (contents, tptWithHoles) = makeHoles(tpt)
               PickleQuotes(quotes, tptWithHoles, contents, tpt.tpe, true)
-        case tree: DefDef if tree.symbol.is(Macro) =>
+        case tree: DefDef if tree.symbol.is(Macro) || tree.symbol.isInlineMethod =>
           // Shrink size of the tree. The methods have already been inlined.
           // TODO move to FirstTransform to trigger even without quotes
           cpy.DefDef(tree)(rhs = defaultValue(tree.rhs.tpe))
-        case _: DefDef if tree.symbol.isInlineMethod =>
-          tree
         case _ =>
           super.transform(tree)
   }
diff --git a/tests/pos-macros/i15985.scala b/tests/pos-macros/i15985.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cd8a726647f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pos-macros/i15985.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package anorm.macros
+sealed trait Row
+sealed trait SqlResult[A]
+
+import scala.quoted.{ Expr, Quotes, Type }
+
+private[anorm] object RowParserImpl {
+  def apply[A](using q:Quotes)(using a: Type[A]): Expr[Row => SqlResult[A]] = {
+    import q.reflect.*
+
+    inline def f1: Expr[SqlResult[A]] =
+      Match(???, ???).asExprOf[SqlResult[A]] // (using Type.of[anorm.macros.SqlResult[A]] })
+
+    inline def f2: Expr[SqlResult[A]] =
+      Match(???, ???).asExprOf[SqlResult[A]](using Type.of[SqlResult[A]])
+      // In Staging phase it becomes
+      //  ..asExprOf[..](using Type.of[{ @SplicedType type a$_$3 = a.Underlying; anorm.macros.SqlResult[a$_$3] }])
+
+    inline def f3(using Type[SqlResult[A]]): Expr[SqlResult[A]] =
+      Match(???, ???).asExprOf[SqlResult[A]]
+
+    f1
+    f2
+    f3
+
+    ???
+  }
+}