diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/ssa.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/ssa.go
index 883cf7936d..9da45258f5 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/ssa.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/ssa.go
@@ -3670,7 +3670,7 @@ func (s *state) call(n *Node, k callKind) *ssa.Value {
 		n2 := newnamel(fn.Pos, fn.Sym)
 		n2.Name.Curfn = s.curfn
 		n2.SetClass(PFUNC)
-		n2.Sym.SetFunc(true)
+		// n2.Sym already existed, so it's already marked as a function.
 		n2.Pos = fn.Pos
 		n2.Type = types.Types[TUINT8] // dummy type for a static closure. Could use runtime.funcval if we had it.
 		closure = s.expr(n2)