diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/go.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/go.go
index 777c560..f250c95 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/go.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/go.go
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@
 
 var importlist []*Node // imported functions and methods with inlinable bodies
 
-var funcsyms *NodeList
+var funcsyms []*Node
 
 var dclcontext uint8 // PEXTERN/PAUTO