From 8f5ff2ea4127c8e51ac591770fe81b44c1884baf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dan Anderson <dan@kd2ycu.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2026 18:06:33 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] PR#3226 Fix (#3227)

Co-authored-by: KD2YCU <me@kd2ycu.com>
---
 mlx/export.cpp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mlx/export.cpp b/mlx/export.cpp
index 1160e8cf..21d996bd 100644
--- a/mlx/export.cpp
+++ b/mlx/export.cpp
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ T deserialize(Reader& is) {
   } else if constexpr (is_optional<T>) {
     auto has_value = deserialize<bool>(is);
     if (has_value) {
-      return deserialize<T>(is);
+      return T{deserialize<typename T::value_type>(is)};
     } else {
       return std::nullopt;
     }