diff --git a/extensions/qute/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/qute/deployment/QuteProcessor.java b/extensions/qute/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/qute/deployment/QuteProcessor.java
index 91f850b3ec27a6..9405bd75e246ee 100644
--- a/extensions/qute/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/qute/deployment/QuteProcessor.java
+++ b/extensions/qute/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/qute/deployment/QuteProcessor.java
@@ -1647,7 +1647,9 @@ private static Expression findExpression(String helperHint, String hintPrefix, T
 
     static void processLoopElementHint(Match match, IndexView index, Expression expression,
             BuildProducer<IncorrectExpressionBuildItem> incorrectExpressions) {
-        if (match.isEmpty() || match.type().name().equals(DotNames.INTEGER)) {
+        if (match.isEmpty()
+                || match.type().name().equals(DotNames.INTEGER)
+                || match.type().equals(PrimitiveType.INT)) {
             return;
         }
         Type matchType = null;
diff --git a/extensions/qute/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/qute/deployment/loop/LoopTest.java b/extensions/qute/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/qute/deployment/loop/LoopTest.java
index 726ba98f226ddc..ca3ffa7eefe2c6 100644
--- a/extensions/qute/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/qute/deployment/loop/LoopTest.java
+++ b/extensions/qute/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/qute/deployment/loop/LoopTest.java
@@ -8,15 +8,27 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.RegisterExtension;
 
+import io.quarkus.qute.CheckedTemplate;
 import io.quarkus.qute.Template;
+import io.quarkus.qute.TemplateInstance;
 import io.quarkus.test.QuarkusUnitTest;
 
 public class LoopTest {
 
+    static StringAsset template = new StringAsset("{#for i in total}{i}:{/for}");
+
     @RegisterExtension
     static final QuarkusUnitTest config = new QuarkusUnitTest()
-            .withApplicationRoot((jar) -> jar
-                    .addAsResource(new StringAsset("{#for i in total}{i}:{/for}"), "templates/loop1.html"));
+            .withApplicationRoot(root -> root
+                    .addAsResource(template, "templates/loop1.html")
+                    .addAsResource(template, "templates/LoopTest/loopInt.html"));
+
+    @CheckedTemplate
+    static class Templates {
+
+        static native TemplateInstance loopInt(int total);
+
+    }
 
     @Inject
     Template loop1;
@@ -24,6 +36,7 @@ public class LoopTest {
     @Test
     public void testIntegerIsIterable() {
         assertEquals("1:2:3:", loop1.data("total", 3).render());
+        assertEquals("1:2:3:", Templates.loopInt(3).render());
     }
 
 }