diff --git a/src/Latte/Essential/Nodes/IfNode.php b/src/Latte/Essential/Nodes/IfNode.php
index f0d87182c..ca00176df 100644
--- a/src/Latte/Essential/Nodes/IfNode.php
+++ b/src/Latte/Essential/Nodes/IfNode.php
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 namespace Latte\Essential\Nodes;
 
 use Latte\CompileException;
-use Latte\Compiler\ExpressionBuilder;
 use Latte\Compiler\Nodes\AreaNode;
 use Latte\Compiler\Nodes\Php\Expression;
 use Latte\Compiler\Nodes\Php\ExpressionNode;
@@ -83,7 +82,10 @@ private static function buildCondition(TagParser $parser): ExpressionNode
 			$block = $parser->tryConsumeTokenBeforeUnquotedString('block') ?? $parser->stream->tryConsume('#');
 			$name = $parser->parseUnquotedStringOrExpression();
 			$list[] = $block || $name instanceof StringNode
-				? ExpressionBuilder::variable('$this')->method('hasBlock', [$name])->build()
+				? new Expression\AuxiliaryNode(
+					fn(PrintContext $context, ExpressionNode $name) => '$this->hasBlock(' . $name->print($context) . ')',
+					$name,
+				)
 				: new Expression\IssetNode([$name]);
 		} while ($parser->stream->tryConsume(','));
 
diff --git a/tests/tags/ifset.block.nodes.phpt b/tests/tags/ifset.block.nodes.phpt
index 59c98ead6..e93d627a7 100644
--- a/tests/tags/ifset.block.nodes.phpt
+++ b/tests/tags/ifset.block.nodes.phpt
@@ -14,14 +14,9 @@ Assert::match(<<<'XX'
 			If:
 				BinaryOp:
 					operator: &&
-					MethodCall:
-						Variable:
-							name: this
-						Identifier:
-							name: hasBlock
-						Argument:
-							String:
-								value: foo
+					Auxiliary:
+						String:
+							value: foo
 					Isset:
 						Variable:
 							name: item
@@ -31,4 +26,5 @@ Assert::match(<<<'XX'
 				Fragment:
 					Text:
 						content: '.else.'
+
 	XX, exportTraversing('{ifset foo, $item}.ifset.{else}.else.{/ifset}'));