diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/typecheck/func.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/typecheck/func.go
index 1d1de5bf94..47d6c1e09a 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/typecheck/func.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/typecheck/func.go
@@ -94,40 +94,24 @@ func ClosureType(clo *ir.ClosureExpr) *types.Type {
 	// and has one float64 argument and no results,
 	// the generated code looks like:
 	//
-	//	clos = &struct{.F uintptr; i *int; s *string}{func.1, &i, &s}
+	//	clos = &struct{F uintptr; X0 *int; X1 *string}{func.1, &i, &s}
 	//
 	// The use of the struct provides type information to the garbage
-	// collector so that it can walk the closure. We could use (in this case)
-	// [3]unsafe.Pointer instead, but that would leave the gc in the dark.
-	// The information appears in the binary in the form of type descriptors;
-	// the struct is unnamed so that closures in multiple packages with the
-	// same struct type can share the descriptor.
+	// collector so that it can walk the closure. We could use (in this
+	// case) [3]unsafe.Pointer instead, but that would leave the gc in
+	// the dark. The information appears in the binary in the form of
+	// type descriptors; the struct is unnamed and uses exported field
+	// names so that closures in multiple packages with the same struct
+	// type can share the descriptor.
 
-	// Make sure the .F field is in the same package as the rest of the
-	// fields. This deals with closures in instantiated functions, which are
-	// compiled as if from the source package of the generic function.
-	var pkg *types.Pkg
-	if len(clo.Func.ClosureVars) == 0 {
-		pkg = types.LocalPkg
-	} else {
-		for _, v := range clo.Func.ClosureVars {
-			if pkg == nil {
-				pkg = v.Sym().Pkg
-			} else if pkg != v.Sym().Pkg {
-				base.Fatalf("Closure variables from multiple packages: %+v", clo)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	fields := []*types.Field{
-		types.NewField(base.Pos, pkg.Lookup(".F"), types.Types[types.TUINTPTR]),
-	}
-	for _, v := range clo.Func.ClosureVars {
+	fields := make([]*types.Field, 1+len(clo.Func.ClosureVars))
+	fields[0] = types.NewField(base.AutogeneratedPos, types.LocalPkg.Lookup("F"), types.Types[types.TUINTPTR])
+	for i, v := range clo.Func.ClosureVars {
 		typ := v.Type()
 		if !v.Byval() {
 			typ = types.NewPtr(typ)
 		}
-		fields = append(fields, types.NewField(base.Pos, v.Sym(), typ))
+		fields[1+i] = types.NewField(base.AutogeneratedPos, types.LocalPkg.LookupNum("X", i), typ)
 	}
 	typ := types.NewStruct(fields)
 	typ.SetNoalg(true)
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/types/fmt.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/types/fmt.go
index 0016fb9606..c5d9941cfd 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/types/fmt.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/types/fmt.go
@@ -642,9 +642,6 @@ func fldconv(b *bytes.Buffer, f *Field, verb rune, mode fmtMode, visited map[*Ty
 				name = fmt.Sprint(f.Nname)
 			} else if verb == 'L' {
 				name = s.Name
-				if name == ".F" {
-					name = "F" // Hack for toolstash -cmp.
-				}
 				if !IsExported(name) && mode != fmtTypeIDName {
 					name = sconv(s, 0, mode) // qualify non-exported names (used on structs, not on funarg)
 				}
diff --git a/test/fixedbugs/issue62498.dir/a.go b/test/fixedbugs/issue62498.dir/a.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..68f97475ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixedbugs/issue62498.dir/a.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// Copyright 2023 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package a
+
+func One(L any) {
+	func() {
+		defer F(L)
+	}()
+}
+
+func F(any) {}
diff --git a/test/fixedbugs/issue62498.dir/main.go b/test/fixedbugs/issue62498.dir/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e55a24fb3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixedbugs/issue62498.dir/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// Copyright 2023 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package main
+
+import "./a"
+
+func main() {
+	a.One(nil)
+	Two(nil)
+}
+
+func Two(L any) {
+	func() {
+		defer a.F(L)
+	}()
+}
diff --git a/test/fixedbugs/issue62498.go b/test/fixedbugs/issue62498.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8fe8d8783f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixedbugs/issue62498.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// rundir
+
+// Copyright 2023 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package ignored