diff --git a/slither/solc_parsing/expressions/expression_parsing.py b/slither/solc_parsing/expressions/expression_parsing.py
index a0bce044c..c192b4efe 100644
--- a/slither/solc_parsing/expressions/expression_parsing.py
+++ b/slither/solc_parsing/expressions/expression_parsing.py
@@ -486,13 +486,18 @@ def parse_expression(expression: Dict, caller_context: CallerContextExpression)
 
         t = None
 
+        referenced_declaration = None
         if caller_context.is_compact_ast:
             value = expression["name"]
             t = expression["typeDescriptions"]["typeString"]
+            if "referencedDeclaration" in expression:
+                referenced_declaration = expression["referencedDeclaration"]
         else:
             value = expression["attributes"]["value"]
             if "type" in expression["attributes"]:
                 t = expression["attributes"]["type"]
+            if "referencedDeclaration" in expression["attributes"]:
+                referenced_declaration = expression["attributes"]["referencedDeclaration"]
 
         if t:
             found = re.findall(r"[struct|enum|function|modifier] \(([\[\] ()a-zA-Z0-9\.,_]*)\)", t)
@@ -501,10 +506,6 @@ def parse_expression(expression: Dict, caller_context: CallerContextExpression)
                 value = value + "(" + found[0] + ")"
                 value = filter_name(value)
 
-        if "referencedDeclaration" in expression:
-            referenced_declaration = expression["referencedDeclaration"]
-        else:
-            referenced_declaration = None
         var, was_created = find_variable(value, caller_context, referenced_declaration)
         if was_created:
             var.set_offset(src, caller_context.compilation_unit)
diff --git a/slither/solc_parsing/expressions/find_variable.py b/slither/solc_parsing/expressions/find_variable.py
index 6255ee51f..b7e28a891 100644
--- a/slither/solc_parsing/expressions/find_variable.py
+++ b/slither/solc_parsing/expressions/find_variable.py
@@ -63,10 +63,8 @@ def _find_variable_from_ref_declaration(
     if referenced_declaration is None:
         return None
     # We look for variable declared with the referencedDeclaration attribute
-    if function_parser is not None:
-        func_variables_renamed = function_parser.variables_renamed
-        if referenced_declaration in func_variables_renamed:
-            return func_variables_renamed[referenced_declaration].underlying_variable
+    if function_parser is not None and referenced_declaration in function_parser.variables_renamed:
+        return function_parser.variables_renamed[referenced_declaration].underlying_variable
 
     if (
         contract_declarer is not None