diff --git a/compiler/sem/sem.nim b/compiler/sem/sem.nim
index 9a92a69c5c0..fe7efbefa1c 100644
--- a/compiler/sem/sem.nim
+++ b/compiler/sem/sem.nim
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ proc wrapErrorAndUpdate(c: ConfigRef, n: PNode, s: PSym): PNode =
   result = c.wrapError(n)
   s.ast = result
 
-proc newSymNode2(c: ConfigRef, sym: PSym, info: TLineInfo): PNode =
+proc newSymNodeOrError(c: ConfigRef, sym: PSym, info: TLineInfo): PNode =
   ## Creates a new `nkSym` node, unless `sym` either represents an error
   ## itself or refers to an erroneous entity. In the latter two cases, an
   ## error node is returned.
diff --git a/compiler/sem/semexprs.nim b/compiler/sem/semexprs.nim
index 1336b7895b0..d65a5aac4cc 100644
--- a/compiler/sem/semexprs.nim
+++ b/compiler/sem/semexprs.nim
@@ -1631,7 +1631,7 @@ proc semSym(c: PContext, n: PNode, sym: PSym, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
       localReport(c.config, n, reportSem rsemIllegalNimvmContext)
 
     markUsed(c, n.info, s)
-    result = newSymNode2(c.config, s, n.info)
+    result = newSymNodeOrError(c.config, s, n.info)
     # We cannot check for access to outer vars for example because it's still
     # not sure the symbol really ends up being used:
     # var len = 0 # but won't be called
@@ -1664,7 +1664,7 @@ proc semSym(c: PContext, n: PNode, sym: PSym, flags: TExprFlags): PNode =
   else:
     let info = getCallLineInfo(n)
     markUsed(c, info, s)
-    result = newSymNode2(c.config, s, info)
+    result = newSymNodeOrError(c.config, s, info)
 
 proc tryReadingGenericParam(c: PContext, n: PNode, i: PIdent, t: PType): PNode =
   case t.kind