diff --git a/arrow-libs/optics/arrow-optics-ksp-plugin/src/main/kotlin/arrow/optics/plugin/OpticsProcessor.kt b/arrow-libs/optics/arrow-optics-ksp-plugin/src/main/kotlin/arrow/optics/plugin/OpticsProcessor.kt
index cf72783982d..ff66299e188 100644
--- a/arrow-libs/optics/arrow-optics-ksp-plugin/src/main/kotlin/arrow/optics/plugin/OpticsProcessor.kt
+++ b/arrow-libs/optics/arrow-optics-ksp-plugin/src/main/kotlin/arrow/optics/plugin/OpticsProcessor.kt
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ import com.google.devtools.ksp.processing.KSPLogger
 import com.google.devtools.ksp.processing.Resolver
 import com.google.devtools.ksp.processing.SymbolProcessor
 import com.google.devtools.ksp.symbol.KSAnnotated
+import com.google.devtools.ksp.symbol.KSAnnotation
 import com.google.devtools.ksp.symbol.KSClassDeclaration
+import com.google.devtools.ksp.symbol.KSFunctionDeclaration
 import com.google.devtools.ksp.validate
 
 class OpticsProcessor(
@@ -27,7 +29,15 @@ class OpticsProcessor(
     val (resolved, deferred) = resolver
       .getSymbolsWithAnnotation("arrow.optics.optics")
       .filterIsInstance<KSClassDeclaration>()
-      .partition { it.validate() }
+      .partition {
+        it.validate { _, element ->
+          when (element) {
+            is KSAnnotation -> false
+            is KSFunctionDeclaration -> false
+            else -> true
+          }
+        }
+      }
     resolved.forEach(::processClass)
 
     // If types used by the annotated class are by other processors,
diff --git a/arrow-libs/optics/arrow-optics-ksp-plugin/src/test/kotlin/arrow/optics/plugin/LensTests.kt b/arrow-libs/optics/arrow-optics-ksp-plugin/src/test/kotlin/arrow/optics/plugin/LensTests.kt
index 6050901eda3..b22e0116c32 100755
--- a/arrow-libs/optics/arrow-optics-ksp-plugin/src/test/kotlin/arrow/optics/plugin/LensTests.kt
+++ b/arrow-libs/optics/arrow-optics-ksp-plugin/src/test/kotlin/arrow/optics/plugin/LensTests.kt
@@ -59,6 +59,34 @@ class LensTests {
       """.evals("r" to true)
   }
 
+  @Test
+  fun `Lenses are generated for data class referencing its own lenses for type inference`() {
+    """
+      |$`package`
+      |$imports
+      |@optics
+      |data class UsingLens(val field: String) {
+      |  fun getLens() = UsingLens.field
+      |  companion object
+      |}
+      |
+      |val i: Lens<UsingLens, String> = UsingLens.field
+      |val r = i != null
+    """.evals("r" to true)
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun `Lenses are not generated for unresolved types`() {
+    """
+      |$`package`
+      |$imports
+      |@optics
+      |data class InvalidType(val field: Foo) {
+      |  companion object
+      |}
+    """.compilationFails()
+  }
+
   @Test
   fun `Lenses which mentions imported elements`() {
     """