diff --git a/src/loader.pl b/src/loader.pl
index 44926aba9..54a03e919 100644
--- a/src/loader.pl
+++ b/src/loader.pl
@@ -844,6 +844,12 @@
           UnexpandedGoals = ExpandedGoals),
     !.
 
+module_instantiated(M, EM) :-
+    (  var(M) ->
+       EM = user
+    ;  M = EM
+    ).
+
 :- non_counted_backtracking expand_goal/5.
 
 expand_goal(UnexpandedGoals, Module, ExpandedGoals, HeadVars, TGs) :-
@@ -856,9 +862,10 @@
        ),
        (  expand_goal_cases(Goals, Module, ExpandedGoals, HeadVars, TGs) ->
           true
-       ;  predicate_property(Module:Goals, meta_predicate(MetaSpecs0)),
+       ;  module_instantiated(Module, InstantiatedModule),
+          predicate_property(InstantiatedModule:Goals, meta_predicate(MetaSpecs0)),
           MetaSpecs0 =.. [_ | MetaSpecs] ->
-          expand_module_names(Goals, MetaSpecs, Module, ExpandedGoals, HeadVars, TGs)
+          expand_module_names(Goals, MetaSpecs, InstantiatedModule, ExpandedGoals, HeadVars, TGs)
        ;  thread_goals(Goals, ExpandedGoals, (','))
        ;  Goals = ExpandedGoals
        )
@@ -886,14 +893,16 @@
        UnexpandedGoals = ExpandedGoals
     ;  goal_expansion(UnexpandedGoals, Module, UnexpandedGoals1),
        (  Module \== user ->
-          goal_expansion(UnexpandedGoals1, user, Goals),
-          (  predicate_property(Module:Goals, meta_predicate(MetaSpecs0)),
-             MetaSpecs0 =.. [_ | MetaSpecs] ->
-             expand_module_names(Goals, MetaSpecs, Module, ExpandedGoals, [], [])
-          ;  ExpandedGoals = Goals
-          )
-       ;  ExpandedGoals = UnexpandedGoals1
+          goal_expansion(UnexpandedGoals1, user, Goals)
+       ;  Goals = UnexpandedGoals1
+       ),
+       module_instantiated(Module, InstantiatedModule),
+       (  predicate_property(InstantiatedModule:Goals, meta_predicate(MetaSpecs0)),
+          MetaSpecs0 =.. [_ | MetaSpecs] ->
+          expand_module_names(Goals, MetaSpecs, InstantiatedModule, ExpandedGoals, [], [])
+       ;  ExpandedGoals = Goals
        )
+    ;  ExpandedGoals = UnexpandedGoals1
     ).
 
 :- non_counted_backtracking transitive_goal/3.