diff --git a/src/conditionProcessValue.ts b/src/conditionProcessValue.ts
index f16e0c1b40..e10fa2f9f4 100644
--- a/src/conditionProcessValue.ts
+++ b/src/conditionProcessValue.ts
@@ -150,7 +150,20 @@ export class ProcessValue {
     return res;
   }
   private getNonNestedObject(obj: any, text: string, createPath: boolean): any {
-    var curName = this.getFirstPropertyName(text, obj, createPath);
+    const checkedKeys = new Array<string>();
+    let len = 0;
+    let res = this.getNonNestedObjectCore(obj, text, createPath, checkedKeys);
+    while(!res && len < checkedKeys.length) {
+      len = checkedKeys.length;
+      res = this.getNonNestedObjectCore(obj, text, createPath, checkedKeys);
+    }
+    return res;
+  }
+  private getNonNestedObjectCore(obj: any, text: string, createPath: boolean, checkedKeys: Array<string>): any {
+    var curName = this.getFirstPropertyName(text, obj, createPath, checkedKeys);
+    if(!!curName) {
+      checkedKeys.push(curName);
+    }
     var path = !!curName ? [curName] : null;
     while (text != curName && !!obj) {
       var isArray = text[0] == "[";
@@ -170,7 +183,7 @@ export class ProcessValue {
       if (!!text && text[0] == ".") {
         text = text.substring(1);
       }
-      curName = this.getFirstPropertyName(text, obj, createPath);
+      curName = this.getFirstPropertyName(text, obj, createPath, checkedKeys);
       if (!!curName) {
         path.push(curName);
       }
@@ -190,11 +203,7 @@ export class ProcessValue {
     if (index < 0 || index >= curValue.length) return null;
     return { value: curValue[index], text: text, index: index };
   }
-  private getFirstPropertyName(
-    name: string,
-    obj: any,
-    createProp: boolean = false
-  ): string {
+  private getFirstPropertyName(name: string, obj: any, createProp: boolean = false, checkedKeys: Array<string> = undefined): string {
     if (!name) return name;
     if (!obj) obj = {};
     if (obj.hasOwnProperty(name)) return name;
@@ -202,6 +211,7 @@ export class ProcessValue {
     var A = nameInLow[0];
     var a = A.toUpperCase();
     for (var key in obj) {
+      if(Array.isArray(checkedKeys) && checkedKeys.indexOf(key) > -1) continue;
       var first = key[0];
       if (first === a || first === A) {
         var keyName = key.toLowerCase();
diff --git a/tests/surveytests.ts b/tests/surveytests.ts
index a8b4707c65..29914a19b1 100644
--- a/tests/surveytests.ts
+++ b/tests/surveytests.ts
@@ -18183,4 +18183,34 @@ QUnit.test("Bug on loading json with collapsed panel. It was fixed in v1.9.117,
   panel.expand();
   assert.equal(panel.isCollapsed, false, "panel is not collapsed");
 });
-
+QUnit.test("Expression bug with complex path, #7396", function (assert) {
+  const survey = new SurveyModel({
+    elements: [
+      {
+        type: "matrix",
+        name: "Q1.1",
+        columns: [1, 2],
+        rows: [1, 2, 3]
+      },
+      {
+        type: "matrix",
+        name: "Q1.1.16",
+        columns: [1, 2, 3],
+        rows: ["16"]
+      },
+      {
+        type: "text",
+        name: "Q1.1.16.A",
+        visibleIf: "{Q1.1.16.16} anyof [1, 2, 3]"
+      }
+    ]
+  });
+  const q1 = survey.getQuestionByName("Q1.1");
+  const q2 = survey.getQuestionByName("Q1.1.16");
+  const q3 = survey.getQuestionByName("Q1.1.16.A");
+  assert.equal(q3.isVisible, false, "visible #1");
+  q1.value = { "1": 1, "2": 2 };
+  assert.equal(q3.isVisible, false, "visible #2");
+  q2.value = { "16": 2 };
+  assert.equal(q3.isVisible, true, "visible #3");
+});
diff --git a/tests/textPreprocessorTests.ts b/tests/textPreprocessorTests.ts
index 85d33ed1de..faaa5c0d93 100644
--- a/tests/textPreprocessorTests.ts
+++ b/tests/textPreprocessorTests.ts
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ QUnit.test("ProcessValue setValue function - create path", function (assert) {
   processor.setValue(data, "a[0].name", 1);
   assert.deepEqual(
     data,
-    { a: { b: 1 }, b: 1, c: { a: { b: 2 } } },
+    { a: { b: 1 }, "a[0]": { "name": 1 }, b: 1, c: { a: { b: 2 } } },
     "create new object"
   );
   data = { a: { Item1: { c1: 0 }, Item3: { c1: 1 } } };