diff --git a/src/macroexpand.scm b/src/macroexpand.scm
index e0e809eee08f1..6e390a6c24cf2 100644
--- a/src/macroexpand.scm
+++ b/src/macroexpand.scm
@@ -340,8 +340,22 @@
 
 (define (reescape ux x)
   (if (and (pair? x) (eq? (car x) 'escape))
-    (reescape '(escape ,ux) (cadr x)))
-    ux)
+    (reescape `(escape ,ux) (cadr x))
+    ux))
+
+;; type has special behavior: identifiers inside are
+;; field names, not expressions.
+(define (resolve-struct-field-expansion x env m parent-scope inarg)
+  (let ((ux (unescape x)))
+    (cond
+        ((atom? ux) ux)
+        ((and (pair? ux) (eq? (car ux) '|::|))
+         `(|::| ,(unescape (cadr ux))
+           ,(resolve-expansion-vars- (reescape (caddr ux) x) env m parent-scope inarg)))
+        ((and (pair? ux) (memq (car ux) '(const atomic)))
+         `(,(car ux) ,(resolve-struct-field-expansion (reescape (cadr ux) x) env m parent-scope inarg)))
+        (else
+         (resolve-expansion-vars-with-new-env x env m parent-scope inarg)))))
 
 (define (resolve-expansion-vars- e env m parent-scope inarg)
   (cond ((or (eq? e 'begin) (eq? e 'end) (eq? e 'ccall) (eq? e 'cglobal) (underscore-symbol? e))
@@ -377,16 +391,8 @@
            ((symbolicgoto) e)
            ((struct)
             `(struct ,(cadr e) ,(resolve-expansion-vars- (caddr e) env m parent-scope inarg)
-                     ;; type has special behavior: identifiers inside are
-                     ;; field names, not expressions.
                      ,(map (lambda (x)
-                             (let ((ux (unescape x)))
-                                  (cond ((atom? ux) ux)
-                                        ((and (pair? ux) (eq? (car ux) '|::|))
-                                         `(|::| ,(unescape (cadr ux))
-                                           ,(resolve-expansion-vars- (reescape (caddr ux) x) env m parent-scope inarg)))
-                                        (else
-                                         (resolve-expansion-vars-with-new-env x env m parent-scope inarg)))))
+                            (resolve-struct-field-expansion x env m parent-scope inarg))
                            (cadddr e))))
 
            ((parameters)
diff --git a/test/syntax.jl b/test/syntax.jl
index 17ade72112ec0..97cb5fb8513f5 100644
--- a/test/syntax.jl
+++ b/test/syntax.jl
@@ -1783,6 +1783,43 @@ end
 @test B28593.var.name === :S
 @test C28593.var.name === :S
 
+# issue #51899
+macro struct_macro_51899()
+    quote
+        mutable struct Struct51899
+            const const_field
+            const const_field_with_type::Int
+            $(esc(Expr(:const, :(escaped_const_field::MyType))))
+            @atomic atomic_field
+            @atomic atomic_field_with_type::Int
+        end
+    end
+end
+
+let ex = @macroexpand @struct_macro_51899()
+    const_field, const_field_with_type, escaped_const_field,
+    atomic_field, atomic_field_with_type = filter(x -> isa(x, Expr), ex.args[end].args[end].args)
+    @test Meta.isexpr(const_field, :const)
+    @test const_field.args[1] === :const_field
+
+    @test Meta.isexpr(const_field_with_type, :const)
+    @test Meta.isexpr(const_field_with_type.args[1], :(::))
+    @test const_field_with_type.args[1].args[1] === :const_field_with_type
+    @test const_field_with_type.args[1].args[2] == GlobalRef(@__MODULE__, :Int)
+
+    @test Meta.isexpr(escaped_const_field, :const)
+    @test Meta.isexpr(const_field_with_type.args[1], :(::))
+    @test escaped_const_field.args[1].args[1] === :escaped_const_field
+    @test escaped_const_field.args[1].args[2] === :MyType
+
+    @test Meta.isexpr(atomic_field, :atomic)
+    @test atomic_field.args[1] === :atomic_field
+
+    @test Meta.isexpr(atomic_field_with_type, :atomic)
+    @test atomic_field_with_type.args[1].args[1] === :atomic_field_with_type
+    @test atomic_field_with_type.args[1].args[2] == GlobalRef(@__MODULE__, :Int)
+end
+
 # issue #25955
 macro noeffect25955(e)
     return e