diff --git a/base/timing.jl b/base/timing.jl
index dc4afe48b8a68..6f9a62d11f539 100644
--- a/base/timing.jl
+++ b/base/timing.jl
@@ -539,6 +539,14 @@ function is_simply_call(@nospecialize ex)
         Meta.isexpr(a, :..., 1) && is_simple_atom(a.args[1]) && continue
         return false
     end
+    # Ensure Expr(:call, .+, ...) get wrapped
+    if ex.args[1] isa Symbol
+        sa = String(ex.args[1]::Symbol)
+        startswith(sa, ".") &&
+            !endswith(sa, ".") &&
+            isoperator(Symbol(sa[2:end])) &&
+            return false
+    end
     return true
 end
 
diff --git a/test/misc.jl b/test/misc.jl
index 7df2d5b725b67..7ccc56db51242 100644
--- a/test/misc.jl
+++ b/test/misc.jl
@@ -1560,6 +1560,9 @@ end
     @allocated _x = 1+2
     @test _x === 3
 
+    # test `@allocated` works for dotted operations
+    @test (@allocated 1 .+ 1) == 0
+
     n, m = 10, 20
     X = rand(n, m)
     treshape59278(X, n, m)