diff --git a/ets2panda/compiler/core/ETSemitter.cpp b/ets2panda/compiler/core/ETSemitter.cpp
index 98dd37c7b53f0ccc48c49b951b4355d14f7e5826..6eba5e17531bd9f9803453da1d8369026d5417a1 100644
--- a/ets2panda/compiler/core/ETSemitter.cpp
+++ b/ets2panda/compiler/core/ETSemitter.cpp
@@ -437,11 +437,14 @@ void ETSEmitter::GenClassField(const ir::ClassProperty *prop, pandasm::Record &c
     field.type = PandasmTypeWithRank(prop->TsType());
     field.metadata->SetAccessFlags(TranslateModifierFlags(prop->Modifiers()));
 
+    if (!external) {
+        field.metadata->SetAnnotations(GenCustomAnnotations(prop->Annotations(), field.name));
+    }
+
     if (external || prop->IsDeclare()) {
         field.metadata->SetAttribute(Signatures::EXTERNAL);
     } else if (prop->TsType()->IsETSPrimitiveType() || prop->TsType()->IsETSStringType()) {
         EmitDefaultFieldValue(field, prop->Value());
-        field.metadata->SetAnnotations(GenCustomAnnotations(prop->Annotations(), field.name));
     }
 
     classRecord.fieldList.emplace_back(std::move(field));
diff --git a/ets2panda/test/runtime/ets/AnnotationOfClassPropertyInherit.ets b/ets2panda/test/runtime/ets/AnnotationOfClassPropertyInherit.ets
index f7f39edabb87d52a23d71d18bb2eba8e5f0be4a5..1a10d2134be2646c72454db08b1a3a747af61da3 100644
--- a/ets2panda/test/runtime/ets/AnnotationOfClassPropertyInherit.ets
+++ b/ets2panda/test/runtime/ets/AnnotationOfClassPropertyInherit.ets
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-@interface JSONRename {
+@interface JSONRenameTest {
     name:string = ""
 }
 
 class A {
-    @JSONRename("ID")
+    @JSONRenameTest("ID")
     name2: string = ""
     pwd2: string = ""
 }