diff --git a/src/alloc.c b/src/alloc.c
index 913982d236e74..915a660ef65bf 100644
--- a/src/alloc.c
+++ b/src/alloc.c
@@ -342,6 +342,7 @@ jl_lambda_info_t *jl_new_lambda_info(jl_value_t *ast, jl_svec_t *sparams)
     li->roots = NULL;
     li->functionObject = NULL;
     li->specFunctionObject = NULL;
+    li->specFunctionPtr = NULL;
     li->cFunctionList = NULL;
     li->functionID = 0;
     li->specFunctionID = 0;
diff --git a/src/codegen.cpp b/src/codegen.cpp
index 4575080f37aa7..082a0cb07bf82 100644
--- a/src/codegen.cpp
+++ b/src/codegen.cpp
@@ -638,6 +638,7 @@ static Function *to_function(jl_lambda_info_t *li)
     JL_CATCH {
         li->functionObject = NULL;
         li->specFunctionObject = NULL;
+        li->specFunctionPtr = NULL;
         li->cFunctionList = NULL;
         nested_compile = last_n_c;
         if (old != NULL) {
@@ -773,9 +774,9 @@ extern "C" void jl_generate_fptr(jl_function_t *f)
 
         if (li->specFunctionObject != NULL) {
 #ifdef USE_MCJIT
-            (void)jl_ExecutionEngine->getFunctionAddress(((Function*)li->specFunctionObject)->getName());
+            li->specFunctionPtr = (void*)(intptr_t)jl_ExecutionEngine->getFunctionAddress(((Function*)li->specFunctionObject)->getName());
 #else
-            (void)jl_ExecutionEngine->getPointerToFunction((Function*)li->specFunctionObject);
+            li->specFunctionPtr = jl_ExecutionEngine->getPointerToFunction((Function*)li->specFunctionObject);
 #endif
             if (!imaging_mode)
                 ((Function*)li->specFunctionObject)->deleteBody();
@@ -3745,7 +3746,9 @@ static Function *gen_jlcall_wrapper(jl_lambda_info_t *lam, jl_expr_t *ast, Funct
                                    funcName.str(), f->getParent());
     addComdat(w);
     Function::arg_iterator AI = w->arg_begin();
-    AI++; //const Argument &fArg = *AI++;
+    // const Argument &fArg = *AI++;
+    // AI++;
+    Value *fArg = AI++;
     Value *argArray = AI++;
     //const Argument &argCount = *AI++;
     BasicBlock *b0 = BasicBlock::Create(jl_LLVMContext, "top", w);
@@ -3780,7 +3783,22 @@ static Function *gen_jlcall_wrapper(jl_lambda_info_t *lam, jl_expr_t *ast, Funct
     }
     // TODO: consider pulling the function pointer out of fArg so these
     // wrappers can be reused for different functions of the same type.
-    Value *r = builder.CreateCall(prepare_call(f), ArrayRef<Value*>(&args[0], nfargs));
+    Value *theLam = emit_nthptr_recast(
+        fArg,
+        (ssize_t)(offsetof(jl_function_t, linfo)/sizeof(void*)),
+        tbaa_value,
+        julia_type_to_llvm((jl_value_t*)jl_lambda_info_type));
+
+    FunctionType *ftype = f->getFunctionType();
+    Type *fptrtype = PointerType::get(PointerType::get(ftype, 0), 0);
+
+    Value *theFptr = emit_nthptr_recast(
+        theLam,
+        (ssize_t)(offsetof(jl_lambda_info_t, specFunctionPtr)/sizeof(void*)),
+        tbaa_func,
+        fptrtype);
+    Value *r = builder.CreateCall(prepare_call(theFptr),
+                                  ArrayRef<Value*>(&args[0], nfargs));
     if (r->getType() != jl_pvalue_llvmt) {
         r = boxed(r, &ctx, jl_ast_rettype(lam, (jl_value_t*)ast));
     }
@@ -4755,14 +4773,16 @@ extern "C" void jl_fptr_to_llvm(void *fptr, jl_lambda_info_t *lam, int specsig)
             Type *rt = (jlrettype == (jl_value_t*)jl_void_type ? T_void : julia_type_to_llvm(jlrettype));
             Function *f = Function::Create(FunctionType::get(rt, fsig, false), Function::ExternalLinkage, funcName,
 #ifdef USE_MCJIT
-                                           shadow_module);
+                                           shadow_module
 #else
-                                           jl_Module);
+                                           jl_Module
 #endif
+                );
 
-        if (lam->specFunctionObject == NULL) {
-            lam->specFunctionObject = (void*)f;
-            lam->specFunctionID = jl_assign_functionID(f);
+            if (lam->specFunctionObject == NULL) {
+                lam->specFunctionObject = (void*)f;
+                lam->specFunctionID = jl_assign_functionID(f);
+                lam->specFunctionPtr = fptr;
             }
             add_named_global(f, (void*)fptr);
         }
diff --git a/src/dump.c b/src/dump.c
index ed7cd90d6dba2..8a9b8dfa92cbd 100644
--- a/src/dump.c
+++ b/src/dump.c
@@ -1205,6 +1205,7 @@ static jl_value_t *jl_deserialize_value_(ios_t *s, jl_value_t *vtag, jl_value_t
         li->functionObject = NULL;
         li->cFunctionList = NULL;
         li->specFunctionObject = NULL;
+        li->specFunctionPtr = NULL;
         li->inInference = 0;
         li->inCompile = 0;
         li->unspecialized = (jl_function_t*)jl_deserialize_value(s, (jl_value_t**)&li->unspecialized);
diff --git a/src/julia.h b/src/julia.h
index a8dcba4752fbb..614d13e8b5d9d 100644
--- a/src/julia.h
+++ b/src/julia.h
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ typedef struct _jl_lambda_info_t {
 
     // specialized llvm Function (common core for the other two)
     void *specFunctionObject;
+    void *specFunctionPtr;
     int32_t functionID; // index that this function will have in the codegen table
     int32_t specFunctionID; // index that this specFunction will have in the codegen table
 } jl_lambda_info_t;