diff --git a/share/qtcreator/dumper/bridge.py b/share/qtcreator/dumper/bridge.py
index 208c96686d5..cc82dd3cd53 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/dumper/bridge.py
+++ b/share/qtcreator/dumper/bridge.py
@@ -136,8 +136,7 @@ try:
         return gdb.history(0)
 
     def extractFields(value):
-        type = stripTypedefs(value.type)
-        return type.fields()
+        return value.type.fields()
         ## Insufficient, see http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10953:
         ##fields = type.fields()
         ## Insufficient, see http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11777:
diff --git a/share/qtcreator/dumper/dumper.py b/share/qtcreator/dumper/dumper.py
index 59200f5d116..93980f72f37 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/dumper/dumper.py
+++ b/share/qtcreator/dumper/dumper.py
@@ -1019,6 +1019,7 @@ class Dumper:
         self.useDynamicType = "dyntype" in options
         self.useFancy = "fancy" in options
         self.passExceptions = "pe" in options
+        #self.passExceptions = True
         self.autoDerefPointers = "autoderef" in options
         self.partialUpdate = "partial" in options
         self.tooltipOnly = "tooltiponly" in options
@@ -1808,6 +1809,7 @@ class Dumper:
                 #warn("  ARTIFICIAL: %s" % field.artificial)
 
                 if field.name is None:
+                    type = stripTypedefs(value.type)
                     innerType = type.target()
                     p = value.cast(innerType.pointer())
                     for i in xrange(type.sizeof / innerType.sizeof):