diff --git a/dump.go b/dump.go
index 3dfbb9d..03e311e 100644
--- a/dump.go
+++ b/dump.go
@@ -457,10 +457,10 @@ func (s *dumpState) pointerFor(v reflect.Value) (*ptrinfo, bool) {
 }
 
 // prepares a new state object for dumping the provided value
-func newDumpState(value interface{}, options *Options, writer io.Writer) *dumpState {
+func newDumpState(value reflect.Value, options *Options, writer io.Writer) *dumpState {
 	result := &dumpState{
 		config:   options,
-		pointers: mapReusedPointers(reflect.ValueOf(value)),
+		pointers: mapReusedPointers(value),
 		w:        writer,
 	}
 
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ func Sdump(value ...interface{}) string {
 // Dump a value to stdout according to the options
 func (o Options) Dump(values ...interface{}) {
 	for i, value := range values {
-		state := newDumpState(value, &o, os.Stdout)
+		state := newDumpState(reflect.ValueOf(value), &o, os.Stdout)
 		if i > 0 {
 			state.write([]byte(o.Separator))
 		}
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ func (o Options) Sdump(values ...interface{}) string {
 		if i > 0 {
 			_, _ = buf.Write([]byte(o.Separator))
 		}
-		state := newDumpState(value, &o, buf)
+		state := newDumpState(reflect.ValueOf(value), &o, buf)
 		state.dump(value)
 	}
 	return buf.String()
diff --git a/dump_test.go b/dump_test.go
index 26fd3e5..68d265c 100644
--- a/dump_test.go
+++ b/dump_test.go
@@ -243,6 +243,21 @@ func TestSdump_maps(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestSdump_RecursiveMaps(t *testing.T) {
+	mp := make(map[*RecursiveStruct]*RecursiveStruct)
+	k1 := &RecursiveStruct{}
+	k1.Ptr = k1
+	v1 := &RecursiveStruct{}
+	v1.Ptr = v1
+	k2 := &RecursiveStruct{}
+	k2.Ptr = k2
+	v2 := &RecursiveStruct{}
+	v2.Ptr = v2
+	mp[k1] = v1
+	mp[k2] = v2
+	runTests(t, "recursive_maps", mp)
+}
+
 var standardCfg = litter.Options{}
 
 func runTestWithCfg(t *testing.T, name string, cfg *litter.Options, cases ...interface{}) {
diff --git a/pointers.go b/pointers.go
index 2c57d79..d5b92bc 100644
--- a/pointers.go
+++ b/pointers.go
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ func (pv *pointerVisitor) consider(v reflect.Value) {
 			options: &Config,
 		})
 		for _, key := range keys {
+			pv.consider(key)
 			pv.consider(v.MapIndex(key))
 		}
 
diff --git a/testdata/recursive_maps.dump b/testdata/recursive_maps.dump
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a0218b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/recursive_maps.dump
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+map[*litter_test.RecursiveStruct]*litter_test.RecursiveStruct{
+  &litter_test.RecursiveStruct{ // p0
+    Ptr: p0,
+  }: &litter_test.RecursiveStruct{ // p1
+    Ptr: p1,
+  },
+  &litter_test.RecursiveStruct{ // p2
+    Ptr: p2,
+  }: &litter_test.RecursiveStruct{ // p3
+    Ptr: p3,
+  },
+}
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