diff --git a/src/tint/resolver/materialize_test.cc b/src/tint/resolver/materialize_test.cc
index b68bad5ff5..26f109fd41 100644
--- a/src/tint/resolver/materialize_test.cc
+++ b/src/tint/resolver/materialize_test.cc
@@ -464,9 +464,10 @@ constexpr Method kSwitchMethods[] = {
 
 /// Methods that do not materialize
 constexpr Method kNoMaterializeMethods[] = {
-    Method::kPhonyAssign,
-    // TODO(crbug.com/tint/1504): Enable once we have abstract overloads of builtins / binary
-    // ops: Method::kBuiltinArg, Method::kBinaryOp,
+    Method::kPhonyAssign,  //
+    Method::kBinaryOp,
+    // TODO(crbug.com/tint/1504): Enable once "min" supports const evaluation
+    // Method::kBuiltinArg,
 };
 INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P(
     MaterializeScalar,
diff --git a/src/tint/resolver/resolver.cc b/src/tint/resolver/resolver.cc
index 317a91a96b..046cf6f002 100644
--- a/src/tint/resolver/resolver.cc
+++ b/src/tint/resolver/resolver.cc
@@ -1452,7 +1452,7 @@ bool Resolver::MaterializeArguments(utils::Vector<const sem::Expression*, N>& ar
 }
 
 bool Resolver::ShouldMaterializeArgument(const sem::Type* parameter_ty) const {
-    const auto* param_el_ty = sem::Type::ElementOf(parameter_ty);
+    const auto* param_el_ty = sem::Type::DeepestElementOf(parameter_ty);
     return param_el_ty && !param_el_ty->Is<sem::AbstractNumeric>();
 }