diff --git a/base/expr.jl b/base/expr.jl
index 2fb3559d1b9f6..7719eff3b334b 100644
--- a/base/expr.jl
+++ b/base/expr.jl
@@ -574,6 +574,7 @@ macro generated(f)
     if isa(f, Expr) && (f.head === :function || is_short_function_def(f))
         body = f.args[2]
         lno = body.args[1]
+        tmp = gensym("tmp")
         return Expr(:escape,
                     Expr(f.head, f.args[1],
                          Expr(:block,
@@ -581,8 +582,8 @@ macro generated(f)
                               Expr(:if, Expr(:generated),
                                    # https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/25678
                                    Expr(:block,
-                                        :(local tmp = $body),
-                                        :(if tmp isa Core.CodeInfo; return tmp; else tmp; end)),
+                                        :(local $tmp = $body),
+                                        :(if $tmp isa $(GlobalRef(Core, :CodeInfo)); return $tmp; else $tmp; end)),
                                    Expr(:block,
                                         Expr(:meta, :generated_only),
                                         Expr(:return, nothing))))))
diff --git a/test/syntax.jl b/test/syntax.jl
index 354f014733c7e..0bfafa1355c19 100644
--- a/test/syntax.jl
+++ b/test/syntax.jl
@@ -2981,6 +2981,21 @@ end
 @generated g25678(x) = return :x
 @test g25678(7) === 7
 
+# issue 25678: module of name `Core`
+# https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/40778/files#r784416018
+@test @eval Module() begin
+    Core = 1
+    @generated f() = 1
+    f() == 1
+end
+
+# issue 25678: argument of name `tmp`
+# https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/43823#discussion_r785365312
+@test @eval Module() begin
+    @generated f(tmp) = tmp
+    f(1) === Int
+end
+
 # issue #19012
 @test Meta.parse("\U2200", raise=false) == Symbol("∀")
 @test Meta.parse("\U2203", raise=false) == Symbol("∃")