diff --git a/compiler/ccgtypes.nim b/compiler/ccgtypes.nim
index dbaf9fcd7ce2e..9dd784ba32e23 100644
--- a/compiler/ccgtypes.nim
+++ b/compiler/ccgtypes.nim
@@ -510,13 +510,18 @@ proc getSeqPayloadType(m: BModule; t: PType): Rope =
   result = getTypeDescWeak(m, t, check, dkParam) & "_Content"
   #result = getTypeForward(m, t, hashType(t)) & "_Content"
 
+proc seqPayloadElemType(t: PType): PType =
+  ## ``seq[var T]`` is a view over a ``seq[T]``. The modifier controls element
+  ## access but doesn't change the payload's layout.
+  result = t.skipTypes(abstractInst).elementType.skipTypes({tyVar})
+
 proc seqPayloadElem(m: BModule; t: PType): Snippet =
   ## Returns the C type name for a seq's element as stored in the payload,
   ## suitable for sizeof()/alignof(). Must use dkVar, not the dkParam default,
   ## because reified openArrays (experimental views) differ: dkParam gives a
   ## bare pointer (T*) while dkVar gives the two-word struct actually stored.
   var check = initIntSet()
-  result = getTypeDescAux(m, t.elementType, check, dkVar)
+  result = getTypeDescAux(m, seqPayloadElemType(t), check, dkVar)
 
 proc seqV2ContentType(m: BModule; t: PType; check: var IntSet) =
   let sig = hashType(t, m.config)
@@ -524,7 +529,7 @@ proc seqV2ContentType(m: BModule; t: PType; check: var IntSet) =
   if result == "":
     discard getTypeDescAux(m, t, check, dkVar)
   else:
-    let dataTyp = getTypeDescAux(m, t.skipTypes(abstractInst)[0], check, dkVar)
+    let dataTyp = getTypeDescAux(m, seqPayloadElemType(t), check, dkVar)
     m.s[cfsTypes].addSimpleStruct(m, name = result & "_Content", baseType = ""):
       m.s[cfsTypes].addField(name = "cap", typ = NimInt)
       m.s[cfsTypes].addField(name = "data",
diff --git a/tests/views/t26058.nim b/tests/views/t26058.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b4523963af12b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/views/t26058.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{.experimental: "views".}
+
+block: # bug #26058
+  type
+    Kind = enum
+      kA, kB
+
+    StateA = object
+      x: int
+
+    StateB = object
+      y: string
+      z: string
+
+    Item = object
+      cache: int
+      case kind: Kind
+      of kA:
+        stateA: StateA
+      of kB:
+        stateB: StateB
+
+  proc update(item: var Item) =
+    case item.kind
+    of kA:
+      item.cache = item.stateA.x
+    of kB:
+      item.cache = item.stateB.y.len
+
+  proc updateAll(items: var seq[var Item]): array[2, uint] =
+    var i = 0
+    for item in items.mitems:
+      result[i] = cast[uint](item.addr)
+      update(item)
+      inc i
+
+  var items = @[
+    Item(kind: kA, stateA: StateA(x: 1)),
+    Item(kind: kA, stateA: StateA(x: 2))
+  ]
+
+  let addresses = updateAll(items)
+  doAssert addresses[1] - addresses[0] == sizeof(Item).uint
+  doAssert items[0].cache == 1
+  doAssert items[1].cache == 2