diff --git a/src/Lean/Elab/App.lean b/src/Lean/Elab/App.lean
index 09a437349d..b914811980 100644
--- a/src/Lean/Elab/App.lean
+++ b/src/Lean/Elab/App.lean
@@ -578,38 +578,53 @@ private partial def mkBaseProjections (baseStructName : Name) (structName : Name
       e ← elabAppArgs projFn #[{ name := `self, val := Arg.expr e }] (args := #[]) (expectedType? := none) (explicit := false) (ellipsis := false)
     return e
 
-/- Auxiliary method for field notation. It tries to add `e` to `args` as the first explicit parameter
-   which takes an element of type `(C ...)` where `C` is `baseName`.
-   `fullName` is the name of the resolved "field" access function. It is used for reporting errors -/
+/- Auxiliary method for field notation. It tries to add `e` as a new argument to `args` or `namedArgs`.
+   This method first finds the parameter with a type of the form `(baseName ...)`.
+   When the parameter is found, if it an explicit one and `args` is big enough, we add `e` to `args`.
+   Otherwise, if there isn't another parameter with the same name, we add `e` to `namedArgs`.
+
+   Remark: `fullName` is the name of the resolved "field" access function. It is used for reporting errors -/
 private def addLValArg (baseName : Name) (fullName : Name) (e : Expr) (args : Array Arg) (namedArgs : Array NamedArg) (fType : Expr)
-    : TermElabM (Array Arg) :=
+    : TermElabM (Array Arg × Array NamedArg) :=
   forallTelescopeReducing fType fun xs _ => do
-    let mut i := 0
-    let mut namedArgs := namedArgs
-    for x in xs do
+    let mut argIdx := 0 -- position of the next explicit argument
+    let mut remainingNamedArgs := namedArgs
+    for i in [:xs.size] do
+      let x := xs[i]
       let xDecl ← getLocalDecl x.fvarId!
-      if xDecl.binderInfo.isExplicit then
-        /- If there is named argument with name `xDecl.userName`, then we skip it. -/
-        match namedArgs.findIdx? (fun namedArg => namedArg.name == xDecl.userName) with
-        | some idx =>
-          namedArgs := namedArgs.eraseIdx idx
-        | none =>
-          let type := xDecl.type
-          if type.consumeMData.isAppOf baseName then
-            -- found it
-            return args.insertAt i (Arg.expr e)
-          -- normalize type and try again
+      /- If there is named argument with name `xDecl.userName`, then we skip it. -/
+      match remainingNamedArgs.findIdx? (fun namedArg => namedArg.name == xDecl.userName) with
+      | some idx =>
+        remainingNamedArgs := remainingNamedArgs.eraseIdx idx
+      | none =>
+        let mut foundIt := false
+        let type := xDecl.type
+        if type.consumeMData.isAppOf baseName then
+          foundIt := true
+        if !foundIt then
+          /- Normalize type and try again -/
           let type ← withReducible $ whnf type
           if type.consumeMData.isAppOf baseName then
-            -- found it
-            return args.insertAt i (Arg.expr e)
-          if i < args.size then
-            i := i + 1
-          else
-            for namedArg in namedArgs do
-              throwInvalidNamedArg namedArg fullName
-            throwError! "invalid field notation, function '{fullName}' does not have explicit argument with type ({baseName} ...)"
-    return args
+            foundIt := true
+        if foundIt then
+          /- We found a type of the form (baseName ...).
+             First, we check if the current argument is an explicit one,
+             and the current explicit position "fits" at `args` (i.e., it must be ≤ arg.size) -/
+          if argIdx ≤ args.size && xDecl.binderInfo.isExplicit then
+            /- We insert `e` as an explicit argument -/
+            return (args.insertAt argIdx (Arg.expr e), namedArgs)
+          /- If we can't add `e` to `args`, we try to add it using a named argument, but this is only possible
+             if there isn't an argument with the same name occurring before it. -/
+          for j in [:i] do
+            let prev := xs[j]
+            let prevDecl ← getLocalDecl prev.fvarId!
+            if prevDecl.userName == xDecl.userName then
+              throwError! "invalid field notation, function '{fullName}' has argument with the expected type{indentExpr type}\nbut it cannot be used"
+          return (args, namedArgs.push { name := xDecl.userName, val := Arg.expr e })
+        if xDecl.binderInfo.isExplicit then
+          -- advance explicit argument position
+          argIdx := argIdx + 1
+    throwError! "invalid field notation, function '{fullName}' does not have argument with type ({baseName} ...) that can be used, it must be explicit or implicit with an unique name"
 
 private def elabAppLValsAux (namedArgs : Array NamedArg) (args : Array Arg) (expectedType? : Option Expr) (explicit ellipsis : Bool)
     (f : Expr) (lvals : List LVal) : TermElabM Expr :=
@@ -635,7 +650,7 @@ private def elabAppLValsAux (namedArgs : Array NamedArg) (args : Array Arg) (exp
       let projFn ← mkConst constName
       if lvals.isEmpty then
         let projFnType ← inferType projFn
-        let args ← addLValArg baseStructName constName f args namedArgs projFnType
+        let (args, namedArgs) ← addLValArg baseStructName constName f args namedArgs projFnType
         elabAppArgs projFn namedArgs args expectedType? explicit ellipsis
       else
         let f ← elabAppArgs projFn #[] #[Arg.expr f] (expectedType? := none) (explicit := false) (ellipsis := false)
@@ -643,7 +658,7 @@ private def elabAppLValsAux (namedArgs : Array NamedArg) (args : Array Arg) (exp
     | LValResolution.localRec baseName fullName fvar =>
       if lvals.isEmpty then
         let fvarType ← inferType fvar
-        let args ← addLValArg baseName fullName f args namedArgs fvarType
+        let (args, namedArgs) ← addLValArg baseName fullName f args namedArgs fvarType
         elabAppArgs fvar namedArgs args expectedType? explicit ellipsis
       else
         let f ← elabAppArgs fvar #[] #[Arg.expr f] (expectedType? := none) (explicit := false) (ellipsis := false)
diff --git a/tests/lean/run/modAsClasses.lean b/tests/lean/run/modAsClasses.lean
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..564577f51e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lean/run/modAsClasses.lean
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+class MyMod :=
+(a : Nat)
+
+namespace MyMod
+variable [MyMod]
+def b := a + 1
+end MyMod
+
+def myMod1 : MyMod := ⟨0⟩
+
+#eval myMod1.a
+#eval myMod1.b