diff --git a/src/ccall.cpp b/src/ccall.cpp
index 042ee143b65c57..66c58a0e26ca0c 100644
--- a/src/ccall.cpp
+++ b/src/ccall.cpp
@@ -849,7 +849,6 @@ static jl_cgval_t emit_llvmcall(jl_codectx_t &ctx, jl_value_t **args, size_t nar
     }
     if (at == NULL)
         at = try_eval(ctx, args[3], "error statically evaluating llvmcall argument tuple");
-    int i = 1;
     if (jl_is_tuple(ir)) {
         // if the IR is a tuple, we expect (declarations, ir)
         if (jl_nfields(ir) != 2)
@@ -908,7 +907,7 @@ static jl_cgval_t emit_llvmcall(jl_codectx_t &ctx, jl_value_t **args, size_t nar
         std::string ir_name;
         while(true) {
             std::stringstream name;
-            name << (ctx.f->getName().str()) << "u" << i++;
+            name << (ctx.f->getName().str()) << "u" << globalUnique++;
             ir_name = name.str();
             if (jl_Module->getFunction(ir_name) == NULL)
                 break;