diff --git a/src/aotcompile.cpp b/src/aotcompile.cpp
index 14ca42a9fe27f7..97b54644a06a18 100644
--- a/src/aotcompile.cpp
+++ b/src/aotcompile.cpp
@@ -2047,7 +2047,7 @@ void jl_get_llvmf_defn_impl(jl_llvmf_dump_t* dump, jl_method_instance_t *mi, siz
                 } else {
                     auto p = literal_static_pointer_val(global.first, global.second->getValueType());
                     Type *elty;
-                    if (p->getType()->isOpaquePointerTy()) {
+                    if (p->getType()->isPointerTy()) {
                         elty = PointerType::get(output.getContext(), 0);
                     } else {
                         elty = p->getType()->getNonOpaquePointerElementType();
diff --git a/src/jitlayers.cpp b/src/jitlayers.cpp
index 88191c357123fa..a11d83d3fd8665 100644
--- a/src/jitlayers.cpp
+++ b/src/jitlayers.cpp
@@ -1566,7 +1566,7 @@ struct JuliaOJIT::DLSymOptimizer {
                     if (named) {
                         auto T = GV.getValueType();
                         assert(T->isPointerTy());
-                        if (!T->isOpaquePointerTy()) {
+                        if (!T->isPointerTy()) {
                             T = T->getNonOpaquePointerElementType();
                         }
                         init = GlobalAlias::create(T, 0, GlobalValue::PrivateLinkage, GV.getName() + ".jit", init, &M);
@@ -1619,7 +1619,7 @@ struct JuliaOJIT::DLSymOptimizer {
                         if (named) {
                             auto T = CI->getType();
                             assert(T->isPointerTy());
-                            if (!T->isOpaquePointerTy()) {
+                            if (!T->isPointerTy()) {
                                 T = T->getNonOpaquePointerElementType();
                             }
                             init = GlobalAlias::create(T, 0, GlobalValue::PrivateLinkage, CI->getName() + ".jit", init, &M);