diff --git a/stdlib/InteractiveUtils/src/macros.jl b/stdlib/InteractiveUtils/src/macros.jl
index 6bed2a0be0b07..10b247beff11f 100644
--- a/stdlib/InteractiveUtils/src/macros.jl
+++ b/stdlib/InteractiveUtils/src/macros.jl
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ function recursive_dotcalls!(ex, args, i=1)
     if !(ex isa Expr) || ((ex.head !== :. || !(ex.args[2] isa Expr)) &&
                           (ex.head !== :call || string(ex.args[1])[1] != '.'))
         newarg = Symbol('x', i)
-        if ex.head === :...
+        if Meta.isexpr(ex, :...)
             push!(args, only(ex.args))
             return Expr(:..., newarg), i+1
         else
diff --git a/stdlib/InteractiveUtils/test/runtests.jl b/stdlib/InteractiveUtils/test/runtests.jl
index 7bbc2b321a440..7e2d6f3136b3e 100644
--- a/stdlib/InteractiveUtils/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/stdlib/InteractiveUtils/test/runtests.jl
@@ -332,6 +332,15 @@ B33163(x) = x
 @test (@code_typed max.(Ref(true).x))[2] == Bool
 @test !isempty(@code_typed optimize=false max.(Ref.([5, 6])...))
 
+# Issue #36261
+@test (@code_typed max.(1 .+ 3, 5 - 7))[2] == Int
+f36261(x,y) = 3x + 4y
+A36261 = Float64[1.0, 2.0, 3.0]
+@test (@code_typed f36261.(A36261, pi))[1].inferred
+@test (@code_typed f36261.(A36261, 1 .+ pi))[1].inferred
+@test (@code_typed f36261.(A36261, 1 + pi))[1].inferred
+
+
 module ReflectionTest
 using Test, Random, InteractiveUtils