diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/translator/SqlppExpressionToPlanTranslator.java b/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/translator/SqlppExpressionToPlanTranslator.java
index 3954135..033c92f 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/translator/SqlppExpressionToPlanTranslator.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-algebra/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/translator/SqlppExpressionToPlanTranslator.java
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.base.ILogicalExpression;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.base.ILogicalOperator;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.base.ILogicalPlan;
+import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.base.LogicalExpressionTag;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.base.LogicalVariable;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.expressions.AbstractFunctionCallExpression;
 import org.apache.hyracks.algebricks.core.algebra.expressions.AggregateFunctionCallExpression;
@@ -683,7 +684,8 @@
         LogicalVariable returnVar;
         ILogicalOperator returnOperator;
         SourceLocation sourceLoc = returnExpr.getSourceLocation();
-        if (returnExpr.getKind() == Kind.VARIABLE_EXPRESSION) {
+        if (returnExpr.getKind() == Kind.VARIABLE_EXPRESSION
+                && eo.first.getExpressionTag() == LogicalExpressionTag.VARIABLE) {
             VariableExpr varExpr = (VariableExpr) returnExpr;
             returnOperator = eo.second.getValue();
             returnVar = context.getVar(varExpr.getVar().getId());
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/statement-params/named_04/named_04.1.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/statement-params/named_04/named_04.1.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..720c2f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/statement-params/named_04/named_04.1.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Description  : Test fix for ASTERIXDB-2418
+ * Expected Res : Success
+ * Date         : Jul 2018
+ */
+
+// requesttype=application/json
+
+// param $p_int:json=42
+
+select value $p_int
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/statement-params/named_04/named_04.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/statement-params/named_04/named_04.1.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f70d7bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/statement-params/named_04/named_04.1.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+42
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_sqlpp.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_sqlpp.xml
index bc3b226..8b0f5a4 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_sqlpp.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_sqlpp.xml
@@ -6168,6 +6168,11 @@
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
     <test-case FilePath="statement-params">
+      <compilation-unit name="named_04">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">named_04</output-dir>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="statement-params">
       <compilation-unit name="positional_01">
         <output-dir compare="Text">positional_01</output-dir>
       </compilation-unit>