diff --git a/src/internal/reflectlite/type.go b/src/internal/reflectlite/type.go
index 9dd1455dc..5ced5d357 100644
--- a/src/internal/reflectlite/type.go
+++ b/src/internal/reflectlite/type.go
@@ -754,8 +754,7 @@ func (t *RawType) FieldAlign() int {
 	return t.Align()
 }
 
-// ConvertibleTo returns wheather a value of type t can be converted to a variable of of type u
-
+// ConvertibleTo returns whether a value of type t can be converted to a variable of type u
 func (r *RawType) ConvertibleTo(u *RawType) bool {
 
 	// This logic is mostly copied from Value.CanConvert
diff --git a/src/internal/reflectlite/value.go b/src/internal/reflectlite/value.go
index a2acac401..5909a3f05 100644
--- a/src/internal/reflectlite/value.go
+++ b/src/internal/reflectlite/value.go
@@ -1494,9 +1494,9 @@ func convertOp(src Value, typ Type) (Value, bool) {
 		}
 
 	case Complex64, Complex128:
-		switch src.Kind() {
+		switch rtype := typ.(*RawType); rtype.Kind() {
 		case Complex64, Complex128:
-			return cvtComplex(src, typ.(*RawType)), true
+			return cvtComplex(src, rtype), true
 		}
 
 	case Slice:
@@ -1543,7 +1543,7 @@ func convertOp(src Value, typ Type) (Value, bool) {
 
 	case Pointer:
 		rtype := typ.(*RawType)
-		if rtype.Kind() == Pointer && !rtype.isNamed() {
+		if rtype.Kind() == Pointer && !src.typecode.isNamed() && !rtype.isNamed() && src.typecode.elem().underlying() == rtype.elem().underlying() {
 			return cvtDirect(src, rtype), true
 		}
 	}
@@ -1708,9 +1708,6 @@ func makeComplex(flags valueFlags, f complex128, t *RawType) Value {
 	return v
 }
 
-//go:linkname stringFromUnicode runtime.stringFromUnicode
-func stringFromUnicode(x rune) string
-
 func cvtIntString(v Value, t *RawType) Value {
 	s := "\uFFFD"
 	if x := v.Int(); int64(rune(x)) == x {