diff --git a/src/utils.jl b/src/utils.jl
index 2167bed06..5fffae8a5 100644
--- a/src/utils.jl
+++ b/src/utils.jl
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ end
 
 function var_from_nested_derivative(x,i=0)
     x = unwrap(x)
-    if issym(x)
+    if issym(x) || x isa CallWithMetadata
         (x, i)
     elseif iscall(x)
         operation(x) isa Differential ?
diff --git a/test/utils.jl b/test/utils.jl
index 5121a0300..616dee642 100644
--- a/test/utils.jl
+++ b/test/utils.jl
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 using Symbolics
-using Symbolics: symbolic_to_float
+using Symbolics: symbolic_to_float, var_from_nested_derivative
 
 @testset "get_variables" begin
     @variables t x y z(t)
@@ -29,3 +29,12 @@ end
     @test symbolic_to_float((big(1)//2)*√(279//4)) isa BigFloat
     @test symbolic_to_float((-1//2)*√(279//4)) isa Float64
 end
+
+@testset "var_from_nested_derivative" begin
+    @variables t x(t) p(..)
+    D = Differential(t)
+    @test var_from_nested_derivative(x) == (x, 0)
+    @test var_from_nested_derivative(D(x)) == (x, 1)
+    @test var_from_nested_derivative(p) == (p, 0)
+    @test var_from_nested_derivative(D(p(x))) == (p(x), 1)
+end