diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Checking.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Checking.scala
index d50f662d7652..9d63c2a0da98 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Checking.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Checking.scala
@@ -278,11 +278,12 @@ object Checking {
   def checkValidOperator(sym: Symbol)(implicit ctx: Context): Unit =
     sym.name.toTermName match {
       case name: SimpleName
-      if name.exists(isOperatorPart) &&
-        !sym.getAnnotation(defn.AlphaAnnot).isDefined &&
-        !sym.is(Synthetic) &&
-        !name.isConstructorName &&
-        ctx.settings.strict.value =>
+      if name.exists(isOperatorPart)
+         && !name.isSetterName
+         && !name.isConstructorName
+         && !sym.getAnnotation(defn.AlphaAnnot).isDefined
+         && !sym.is(Synthetic)
+         && ctx.settings.strict.value =>
         ctx.deprecationWarning(
           i"$sym has an operator name; it should come with an @alpha annotation", sym.sourcePos)
       case _ =>
diff --git a/compiler/test/dotty/tools/dotc/CompilationTests.scala b/compiler/test/dotty/tools/dotc/CompilationTests.scala
index ecf290c842c1..32087a21ba85 100644
--- a/compiler/test/dotty/tools/dotc/CompilationTests.scala
+++ b/compiler/test/dotty/tools/dotc/CompilationTests.scala
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ class CompilationTests extends ParallelTesting {
         defaultOptions.and("-nowarn", "-Xfatal-warnings")
       ),
       compileFile("tests/pos-special/typeclass-scaling.scala", defaultOptions.and("-Xmax-inlines", "40")),
-      compileFile("tests/pos-special/indent-colons.scala", defaultOptions.and("-Yindent-colons"))
+      compileFile("tests/pos-special/indent-colons.scala", defaultOptions.and("-Yindent-colons")),
+      compileFile("tests/pos-special/i7296.scala", defaultOptions.and("-strict", "-deprecation", "-Xfatal-warnings"))
     ).checkCompile()
   }
 
diff --git a/tests/pos-special/i7296.scala b/tests/pos-special/i7296.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..aa21e75ff741
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pos-special/i7296.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+class Foo
+  private var blah: Double = 0L
\ No newline at end of file