diff --git a/src/ecmult_gen_prec.h b/src/ecmult_gen_prec.h
index cb8831af53e67..c8bd731f37bef 100644
--- a/src/ecmult_gen_prec.h
+++ b/src/ecmult_gen_prec.h
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@
 
 static const size_t ECMULT_GEN_PREC_TABLE_SIZE = ECMULT_GEN_PREC_N * ECMULT_GEN_PREC_G * sizeof(secp256k1_ge_storage);
 
-static void secp256k1_ecmult_gen_create_prec_table(secp256k1_ge_storage* table);
+static void secp256k1_ecmult_gen_create_prec_table(secp256k1_ge_storage* table, const secp256k1_ge* gen);
 
 #endif /* SECP256K1_ECMULT_GEN_PREC_H */
diff --git a/src/ecmult_gen_prec_impl.h b/src/ecmult_gen_prec_impl.h
index fec7fb48ba6bf..19ed6c63cdfd2 100644
--- a/src/ecmult_gen_prec_impl.h
+++ b/src/ecmult_gen_prec_impl.h
@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@
 #include "field_impl.h"
 #include "ecmult_gen.h"
 
-static void secp256k1_ecmult_gen_create_prec_table(secp256k1_ge_storage* table) {
+static void secp256k1_ecmult_gen_create_prec_table(secp256k1_ge_storage* table, const secp256k1_ge* gen) {
     secp256k1_ge prec[ECMULT_GEN_PREC_N * ECMULT_GEN_PREC_G];
     secp256k1_gej gj;
     secp256k1_gej nums_gej;
     int i, j;
 
     /* get the generator */
-    secp256k1_gej_set_ge(&gj, &secp256k1_ge_const_g);
+    secp256k1_gej_set_ge(&gj, gen);
 
     /* Construct a group element with no known corresponding scalar (nothing up my sleeve). */
     {
diff --git a/src/gen_ecmult_gen_static_prec_table.c b/src/gen_ecmult_gen_static_prec_table.c
index 4d5ba95f9a80c..60eebc00499d6 100644
--- a/src/gen_ecmult_gen_static_prec_table.c
+++ b/src/gen_ecmult_gen_static_prec_table.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     fprintf(fp, "static const secp256k1_ge_storage secp256k1_ecmult_gen_prec_table[ECMULT_GEN_PREC_N][ECMULT_GEN_PREC_G] = {\n");
 
     table = checked_malloc(&default_error_callback, ECMULT_GEN_PREC_TABLE_SIZE);
-    secp256k1_ecmult_gen_create_prec_table(table);
+    secp256k1_ecmult_gen_create_prec_table(table, &secp256k1_ge_const_g);
     for(outer = 0; outer != ECMULT_GEN_PREC_N; outer++) {
         fprintf(fp,"{\n");
         for(inner = 0; inner != ECMULT_GEN_PREC_G; inner++) {