diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Typer.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Typer.scala
index a5380f73a2a5..c90de0ae19a1 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Typer.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Typer.scala
@@ -2401,13 +2401,14 @@ class Typer(@constructorOnly nestingLevel: Int = 0) extends Namer
 
   def typedContextBoundTypeTree(tree: untpd.ContextBoundTypeTree)(using Context): Tree =
     val tycon = typedType(tree.tycon)
-    val tyconSplice = untpd.TypedSplice(tycon)
+    def spliced(tree: Tree) = untpd.TypedSplice(tree)
     val tparam = untpd.Ident(tree.paramName).withSpan(tree.span)
     if tycon.tpe.typeParams.nonEmpty then
-      typed(untpd.AppliedTypeTree(tyconSplice, tparam :: Nil))
+      val tycon0 = tycon.withType(tycon.tpe.etaCollapse)
+      typed(untpd.AppliedTypeTree(spliced(tycon0), tparam :: Nil))
     else if Feature.enabled(modularity) && tycon.tpe.member(tpnme.Self).symbol.isAbstractOrParamType then
       val tparamSplice = untpd.TypedSplice(typedExpr(tparam))
-      typed(untpd.RefinedTypeTree(tyconSplice, List(untpd.TypeDef(tpnme.Self, tparamSplice))))
+      typed(untpd.RefinedTypeTree(spliced(tycon), List(untpd.TypeDef(tpnme.Self, tparamSplice))))
     else
       def selfNote =
         if Feature.enabled(modularity) then
diff --git a/tests/pos/i20901/Foo.scala b/tests/pos/i20901/Foo.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c1277781db38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pos/i20901/Foo.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+//> using options -Ytest-pickler-check
+
+import reflect.ClassTag
+
+class Foo:
+  def mkArray[T: ClassTag] = ???
diff --git a/tests/pos/i20901/Foo.tastycheck b/tests/pos/i20901/Foo.tastycheck
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0201bfec2056
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pos/i20901/Foo.tastycheck
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
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