diff --git a/rustler_codegen/src/nif.rs b/rustler_codegen/src/nif.rs
index cd4cb098..354a5673 100644
--- a/rustler_codegen/src/nif.rs
+++ b/rustler_codegen/src/nif.rs
@@ -55,45 +55,46 @@ pub fn transcoder_decorator(nif_attributes: NifAttributes, fun: syn::ItemFn) ->
     }
 
     quote! {
+        #[no_mangle]
+        #[link_name = #erl_func_name]
+        unsafe extern "C" fn #name(
+            nif_env: rustler::codegen_runtime::NIF_ENV,
+            argc: rustler::codegen_runtime::c_int,
+            argv: *const rustler::codegen_runtime::NIF_TERM
+        ) -> rustler::codegen_runtime::NIF_TERM {
+            let lifetime = ();
+            let env = rustler::Env::new(&lifetime, nif_env);
+
+            let terms = std::slice::from_raw_parts(argv, argc as usize)
+                .iter()
+                .map(|term| rustler::Term::new(env, *term))
+                .collect::<Vec<rustler::Term>>();
+
+            fn wrapper<'a>(
+                env: rustler::Env<'a>,
+                args: &[rustler::Term<'a>]
+            ) -> rustler::codegen_runtime::NifReturned {
+                let result: std::thread::Result<_> =
+                    std::panic::catch_unwind(move || {
+                        #decoded_terms
+                        #function
+                        Ok(#name(#argument_names))
+                    });
+
+                rustler::codegen_runtime::handle_nif_result(
+                    result, env
+                )
+            }
+            wrapper(env, &terms).apply(env)
+        }
+
         rustler::codegen_runtime::inventory::submit!(
             rustler::Nif {
                 name: concat!(#erl_func_name, "\0").as_ptr()
                     as *const rustler::codegen_runtime::c_char,
                 arity: #arity,
                 flags: #flags as rustler::codegen_runtime::c_uint,
-                raw_func: {
-                    unsafe extern "C" fn nif_func(
-                        nif_env: rustler::codegen_runtime::NIF_ENV,
-                        argc: rustler::codegen_runtime::c_int,
-                        argv: *const rustler::codegen_runtime::NIF_TERM
-                    ) -> rustler::codegen_runtime::NIF_TERM {
-                        let lifetime = ();
-                        let env = rustler::Env::new(&lifetime, nif_env);
-
-                        let terms = std::slice::from_raw_parts(argv, argc as usize)
-                            .iter()
-                            .map(|term| rustler::Term::new(env, *term))
-                            .collect::<Vec<rustler::Term>>();
-
-                        fn wrapper<'a>(
-                            env: rustler::Env<'a>,
-                            args: &[rustler::Term<'a>]
-                        ) -> rustler::codegen_runtime::NifReturned {
-                            let result: std::thread::Result<_> =
-                                std::panic::catch_unwind(move || {
-                                    #decoded_terms
-                                    #function
-                                    Ok(#name(#argument_names))
-                                });
-
-                            rustler::codegen_runtime::handle_nif_result(
-                                result, env
-                            )
-                        }
-                        wrapper(env, &terms).apply(env)
-                    }
-                    nif_func
-                }
+                raw_func: #name,
             }
         );
     }