diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/PostTyper.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/PostTyper.scala
index cf2fc61fbf59..84853749a98a 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/PostTyper.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/PostTyper.scala
@@ -513,11 +513,11 @@ class PostTyper extends MacroTransform with InfoTransformer { thisPhase =>
                 ctx.typer.checkClassType(tpe, tree.srcPos,
                     traitReq = false, stablePrefixReq = stablePrefixReq,
                     refinementOK = Feature.enabled(Feature.modularity))
-              checkClassType(tree.tpe, true)
+              checkClassType(tree.tpe, stablePrefixReq = true)
               if !nu.tpe.isLambdaSub then
                 // Check the constructor type as well; it could be an illegal singleton type
                 // which would not be reflected as `tree.tpe`
-                checkClassType(nu.tpe, false)
+                checkClassType(nu.tpe, stablePrefixReq = false)
               Checking.checkInstantiable(tree.tpe, nu.tpe, nu.srcPos)
               withNoCheckNews(nu :: Nil)(app1)
             case _ =>
diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Namer.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Namer.scala
index bdb3e5f28400..532dd486074b 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Namer.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Namer.scala
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import ast.desugar, ast.desugar.*
 import ProtoTypes.*
 import util.Spans.*
 import util.Property
-import collection.mutable
+import collection.mutable, mutable.ListBuffer
 import tpd.tpes
 import Variances.alwaysInvariant
 import config.{Config, Feature}
@@ -1183,7 +1183,7 @@ class Namer { typer: Typer =>
      *                      extension method.
      */
     private def exportForwarders(exp: Export, pathMethod: Symbol)(using Context): List[tpd.MemberDef] =
-      val buf = new mutable.ListBuffer[tpd.MemberDef]
+      val buf = ListBuffer.empty[tpd.MemberDef]
       val Export(expr, selectors) = exp
       if expr.isEmpty then
         report.error(em"Export selector must have prefix and `.`", exp.srcPos)
@@ -1509,12 +1509,17 @@ class Namer { typer: Typer =>
         forwarders
     end exportForwarders
 
-    /** Add forwarders as required by the export statements in this class */
-    private def processExports(using Context): Unit =
+    /** Add forwarders as required by the export statements in this class.
+     *  @return true if forwarders were added
+     */
+    private def processExports(using Context): Boolean =
+
+      var exported = false
 
       def processExport(exp: Export, pathSym: Symbol)(using Context): Unit =
         for forwarder <- exportForwarders(exp, pathSym) do
           forwarder.symbol.entered
+          exported = true
 
       def exportPathSym(path: Tree, ext: ExtMethods)(using Context): Symbol =
         def fail(msg: String): Symbol =
@@ -1557,6 +1562,8 @@ class Namer { typer: Typer =>
       // import contexts for nothing.
       if hasExport(rest) then
         process(rest)
+      // was a forwarder entered for an export
+      exported
     end processExports
 
     /** Ensure constructor is completed so that any parameter accessors
@@ -1778,8 +1785,9 @@ class Namer { typer: Typer =>
       cls.setNoInitsFlags(parentsKind(parents), untpd.bodyKind(rest))
       cls.setStableConstructor()
       enterParentRefinementSyms(parentRefinements.toList)
-      processExports(using localCtx)
       addConstructorProxies(cls)
+      if processExports(using localCtx) then
+        addConstructorProxies(cls)
       cleanup()
     }
   }
@@ -1788,7 +1796,7 @@ class Namer { typer: Typer =>
   private enum CanForward:
     case Yes
     case No(whyNot: String)
-    case Skip  // for members that have never forwarders
+    case Skip  // for members that never have forwarders
 
   class SuspendCompleter extends LazyType, SymbolLoaders.SecondCompleter {
 
diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Typer.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Typer.scala
index 22c03f8317d6..dfa667573405 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Typer.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Typer.scala
@@ -5055,7 +5055,12 @@ class Typer(@constructorOnly nestingLevel: Int = 0) extends Namer
           if qual.symbol.isAllOf(SyntheticMethod | Exported) then
             qual.symbol.owner.info.memberBasedOnFlags(qual.symbol.name.toTypeName, required = Exported)
           else NoDenotation
-        if exported.exists then exported.symbol.typeRef
+        if exported.exists then
+          qual.tpe match
+          case tp: NamedType =>
+            exported.symbol.typeRef.asSeenFrom(tp.prefix, exported.symbol.owner)
+          case _ =>
+            exported.symbol.typeRef
         else ctorResultType.underlyingClassRef(refinementOK = Feature.enabled(modularity))
       typed(
         untpd.Select(
diff --git a/tests/neg/i24879.scala b/tests/neg/i24879.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..62a33512207f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/neg/i24879.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+class C:
+  class D
+
+class Baz:
+  val c = C()
+  export c.*
+
+@main def Test = Baz().D() // error (Baz#c : C) is not a valid class prefix, since it is not an immutable path
diff --git a/tests/pos/i15944.scala b/tests/pos/i15944.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0b090bd41a54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pos/i15944.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+object Foo:
+  class Wrap(a: String):
+    def wow = s"$a - WOW!"
+  extension (s: String)
+    //private def wrap: Wrap = Wrap(s) // works
+    private def wrap = Wrap(s) // Not found: Wrap
+    export wrap.* // comment this line and it works
+
+class Bar:
+  class Wrap(a: String):
+    def wow = s"$a - WOW!"
+  val wrap = Wrap("string") // Not found: Wrap
+  export wrap.*
+
+object WorkingAlternative:
+  object Foo:
+    class Wrap(a: String):
+      def wow = s"$a - WOW!"
+
+  object Bar:
+    import Foo.Wrap
+    extension (s: String)
+      private def wrap = Wrap(s) // works when not a member of enclosing element
+      export wrap.*
+
+class C:
+  class D
+
+class Baz:
+  val c = new C
+  export c.*
+
+class Bah:
+  val c = new C
+  type D = c.D
+
+@main def Test =
+  val bah = Bah()
+  println:
+    new bah.D
+
+  val baz = Baz()
+  println:
+    baz.D()
diff --git a/tests/warn/i24562.scala b/tests/warn/i24562.scala
index c06657b51635..d025cd41155c 100644
--- a/tests/warn/i24562.scala
+++ b/tests/warn/i24562.scala
@@ -28,3 +28,15 @@ package aliased:
       import Wrap.* // warn! not a naming error because a benign alias
       val localBar = Bar() // not Wrap.Bar!
       val localNewBar = new Bar
+
+package i24879:
+  class C:
+    class D
+
+  class Baz:
+    val c = new C
+    export c.*
+
+  def test =
+    val baz = Baz()
+    baz.D() // no warn and no crash