diff --git a/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml/XamlIl/CompilerExtensions/Transformers/AvaloniaXamlIlControlTemplateTargetTypeMetadataTransformer.cs b/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml/XamlIl/CompilerExtensions/Transformers/AvaloniaXamlIlControlTemplateTargetTypeMetadataTransformer.cs
index aab43bbd6f..40386924c3 100644
--- a/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml/XamlIl/CompilerExtensions/Transformers/AvaloniaXamlIlControlTemplateTargetTypeMetadataTransformer.cs
+++ b/src/Markup/Avalonia.Markup.Xaml/XamlIl/CompilerExtensions/Transformers/AvaloniaXamlIlControlTemplateTargetTypeMetadataTransformer.cs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Markup.Xaml.XamlIl.CompilerExtensions.Transformers
             
             if ((tt?.Values.FirstOrDefault() is XamlIlTypeExtensionNode tn))
             {
-                targetType = tn.Type;
+                targetType = tn.Value;
             }
             else
             {