diff --git a/generator/SymbolTable.cs b/generator/SymbolTable.cs
index 7981a7744..4ace94446 100644
--- a/generator/SymbolTable.cs
+++ b/generator/SymbolTable.cs
@@ -214,7 +214,12 @@ namespace GtkSharp.Generation {
 			IGeneratable cur_type = null;
 			while (types.TryGetValue (type, out cur_type) && cur_type is AliasGen) {
 				IGeneratable igen = cur_type as AliasGen;
-				types [type] = types [igen.Name];
+
+				IGeneratable new_type;
+				if (!types.TryGetValue (igen.Name, out new_type))
+					new_type = null;
+
+				types [type] = new_type;
 				type = igen.Name;
 			}