diff --git a/ets2panda/checker/ets/typeCheckingHelpers.cpp b/ets2panda/checker/ets/typeCheckingHelpers.cpp
index bd526d218ded7c4dd18060506b552657d7582dc1..ae2b26c19f3375363dcd26f5fd0f9b62f1487acb 100644
--- a/ets2panda/checker/ets/typeCheckingHelpers.cpp
+++ b/ets2panda/checker/ets/typeCheckingHelpers.cpp
@@ -1435,7 +1435,7 @@ bool ETSChecker::CheckLambdaAssignable(ir::Expression *param, ir::ScriptFunction
     if (typeAnn == nullptr) {
         return false;
     }
-    if (typeAnn->IsETSTypeReference() && !typeAnn->AsETSTypeReference()->TsType()->IsETSArrayType()) {
+    if (typeAnn->IsETSTypeReference()) {
         typeAnn = util::Helpers::DerefETSTypeReference(typeAnn);
     }
 
diff --git a/ets2panda/test/runtime/ets/any_lambda.ets b/ets2panda/test/runtime/ets/any_lambda.ets
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0109a050332bb59c8fc9bdb54dcade7d4355e8ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ets2panda/test/runtime/ets/any_lambda.ets
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 Huawei Device Co., Ltd.
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+function foo(a: Any) {
+}
+
+function main() {
+    foo(() => {});
+    arktest.assertTrue(true);
+}
diff --git a/ets2panda/test/test-lists/recheck/recheck-ignored.txt b/ets2panda/test/test-lists/recheck/recheck-ignored.txt
index b1dc9d23c2b9fd90abf7a12f5e3c7f26783a8940..b933ebac4730bf089f4f7204c0a7173c701784b8 100644
--- a/ets2panda/test/test-lists/recheck/recheck-ignored.txt
+++ b/ets2panda/test/test-lists/recheck/recheck-ignored.txt
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ runtime/ets/lambda_with_receiver/lambda_with_receiver_trailing_in_class_method2.
 runtime/ets/lambda_with_receiver/lambda_with_receiver_trailing_in_function.ets
 runtime/ets/lambda_with_receiver/lambda_with_receiver_trailing_in_function_with_receiver.ets
 runtime/ets/lambda_with_receiver/lambda_with_receiver_trailing_name_duplicated.ets
+runtime/ets/any_lambda.ets
 runtime/ets/generic_lambda_6.ets
 #Test that failed before CheckerPhase (on ConstantExpressionLowering)
 ast/parser/ets/InvalidLexer.ets
diff --git a/ets2panda/util/helpers.cpp b/ets2panda/util/helpers.cpp
index 37b43e97a80344974236972ce83daa8178b55935..86e899f655a40fc8a57be63704bc1dcc45ed3f34 100644
--- a/ets2panda/util/helpers.cpp
+++ b/ets2panda/util/helpers.cpp
@@ -819,10 +819,11 @@ ir::AstNode *Helpers::DerefETSTypeReference(ir::AstNode *node)
     ES2PANDA_ASSERT(node->IsETSTypeReference());
     do {
         auto *name = node->AsETSTypeReference()->Part()->GetIdent();
-
-        ES2PANDA_ASSERT(name->IsIdentifier());
         auto *var = name->AsIdentifier()->Variable();
-        ES2PANDA_ASSERT(var != nullptr);
+        if (var == nullptr) {
+            // var == nullptr means it might be built-in type like Any type, which would cause unexpected crash below.
+            return node;
+        }
         auto *declNode = var->Declaration()->Node();
         if (!declNode->IsTSTypeAliasDeclaration()) {
             return declNode;