diff --git a/deku-derive/src/macros/deku_read.rs b/deku-derive/src/macros/deku_read.rs
index 9e7a788d..d5b20d05 100644
--- a/deku-derive/src/macros/deku_read.rs
+++ b/deku-derive/src/macros/deku_read.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ use darling::ast::{Data, Fields};
 use darling::ToTokens;
 use proc_macro2::TokenStream;
 use quote::quote;
-use syn::spanned::Spanned;
 
 use crate::macros::{
     gen_ctx_types_and_arg, gen_field_args, gen_internal_field_ident, gen_internal_field_idents,
@@ -397,12 +396,7 @@ fn emit_enum(input: &DekuData) -> Result<TokenStream, syn::Error> {
     let deku_id_type = if let Some(id_type) = id_type {
         Some(quote! {#id_type})
     } else if let (Some(ctx), Some(id)) = (input.ctx.as_ref(), input.id.as_ref()) {
-        Some(gen_type_from_ctx_id(ctx, id).ok_or_else(|| {
-            syn::Error::new(
-                id.span(),
-                "DekuReader: cannot determine `id` type from `ctx`",
-            )
-        })?)
+        gen_type_from_ctx_id(ctx, id)
     } else {
         None
     };
diff --git a/deku-derive/src/macros/mod.rs b/deku-derive/src/macros/mod.rs
index b24d0ba2..2fa865c3 100644
--- a/deku-derive/src/macros/mod.rs
+++ b/deku-derive/src/macros/mod.rs
@@ -199,7 +199,9 @@ fn gen_type_from_ctx_id(
     id: &crate::Id,
 ) -> Option<TokenStream> {
     let parser = Punctuated::<Ident, Comma>::parse_terminated;
-    let s = parser.parse(id.to_token_stream().into()).unwrap();
+    let Ok(s) = parser.parse(id.to_token_stream().into()) else {
+        return None;
+    };
     let mut matching_types = quote! {};
     for s in s {
         let id = syn::Ident::new(&s.to_string(), id.span());
diff --git a/tests/test_regression.rs b/tests/test_regression.rs
index c3afb70d..84ff9904 100644
--- a/tests/test_regression.rs
+++ b/tests/test_regression.rs
@@ -359,3 +359,35 @@ fn issue_310() {
     #[derive(DekuRead, DekuWrite)]
     struct Test {}
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn issue_397() {
+    use deku::prelude::*;
+
+    #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, DekuRead, DekuWrite)]
+    struct Header {
+        kind: PacketType,
+    }
+
+    #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, DekuRead, DekuWrite)]
+    #[deku(type = "u8", endian = "big")]
+    enum PacketType {
+        #[deku(id = 0)]
+        Zero,
+    }
+
+    #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, DekuRead, DekuWrite)]
+    struct Packet {
+        header: Header,
+        #[deku(ctx = "header")]
+        payload: Payload,
+    }
+
+    #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, DekuRead, DekuWrite)]
+    #[deku(ctx = "header: &Header", id = "header.kind")]
+    enum Payload {
+        #[deku(id = "PacketType::Zero")]
+        Zero(u8),
+    }
+    let _ = Packet::from_bytes((&[0x00, 0x01], 0));
+}