diff --git a/decoder/decoder.go b/decoder/decoder.go
index 9ce700e1..24e07330 100644
--- a/decoder/decoder.go
+++ b/decoder/decoder.go
@@ -277,15 +277,15 @@ func traversalToAddress(traversal hcl.Traversal) (lang.Address, error) {
 	addr := lang.Address{}
 	for _, tr := range traversal {
 		switch t := tr.(type) {
-		case *hcl.TraverseRoot:
+		case hcl.TraverseRoot:
 			addr = append(addr, lang.RootStep{
 				Name: t.Name,
 			})
-		case *hcl.TraverseAttr:
+		case hcl.TraverseAttr:
 			addr = append(addr, lang.AttrStep{
 				Name: t.Name,
 			})
-		case *hcl.TraverseIndex:
+		case hcl.TraverseIndex:
 			addr = append(addr, lang.IndexStep{
 				Key: t.Key,
 			})
diff --git a/decoder/decoder_test.go b/decoder/decoder_test.go
index 227b0828..4019d9d9 100644
--- a/decoder/decoder_test.go
+++ b/decoder/decoder_test.go
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 package decoder
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/hcl-lang/lang"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2/hclsyntax"
+	"github.com/zclconf/go-cty-debug/ctydebug"
+	"github.com/zclconf/go-cty/cty"
 )
 
 func TestDecoder_LoadFile_nilFile(t *testing.T) {
@@ -31,3 +36,56 @@ func TestDecoder_LoadFile_nilRootBody(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %s", diff)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestTraversalToAddress(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		rawTraversal string
+		expectedAddr lang.Address
+	}{
+		{
+			"one",
+			lang.Address{
+				lang.RootStep{Name: "one"},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			"first.second",
+			lang.Address{
+				lang.RootStep{Name: "first"},
+				lang.AttrStep{Name: "second"},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			"foo[2]",
+			lang.Address{
+				lang.RootStep{Name: "foo"},
+				lang.IndexStep{Key: cty.NumberIntVal(2)},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			`foo["bar"]`,
+			lang.Address{
+				lang.RootStep{Name: "foo"},
+				lang.IndexStep{Key: cty.StringVal("bar")},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for i, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d", i), func(t *testing.T) {
+			traversal, diags := hclsyntax.ParseTraversalAbs([]byte(tc.rawTraversal), "test.tf", hcl.InitialPos)
+			if len(diags) > 0 {
+				t.Fatal(diags)
+			}
+
+			addr, err := traversalToAddress(traversal)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(tc.expectedAddr, addr, ctydebug.CmpOptions); diff != "" {
+				t.Fatalf("address mismatch: %s", diff)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}