diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index bf11e98dc0b..fa02a2a228a 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ TEST_XFAILS_X86 :=  test/run-pass/mlist-cycle.rs \
                     test/run-pass/vec-slice.rs \
                     test/run-pass/fn-lval.rs \
                     test/run-pass/generic-fn-infer.rs \
-                    test/run-pass/generic-obj.rs \
+                    test/run-pass/generic-fn-twice.rs \
                     test/run-pass/generic-recursive-tag.rs \
                     test/run-pass/mutable-alias-vec.rs \
                     test/run-pass/mutable-vec-drop.rs \
@@ -372,6 +372,7 @@ TEST_XFAILS_LLVM := $(addprefix test/run-pass/, \
                       generic-drop-glue.rs \
                       generic-exterior-box.rs \
                       generic-fn-infer.rs \
+                      generic-fn-twice.rs \
                       generic-fn.rs \
                       generic-obj-with-derived-type.rs \
                       generic-obj.rs \
diff --git a/src/boot/me/resolve.ml b/src/boot/me/resolve.ml
index 5077d5cea20..641df88443a 100644
--- a/src/boot/me/resolve.ml
+++ b/src/boot/me/resolve.ml
@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ let pattern_resolving_visitor
         Ast.PAT_tag (lval, pats) ->
           let lval_nm = lval_to_name lval in
           let lval_id = lval_base_id lval in
-          let tag_ctor_id = lval_to_referent cx lval_id in
+          let tag_ctor_id = (lval_item cx lval).id in
             if referent_is_item cx tag_ctor_id
 
             (* FIXME (issue #76): we should actually check here that the
diff --git a/src/boot/me/semant.ml b/src/boot/me/semant.ml
index ea82e685cbc..8d2ed8ac5ea 100644
--- a/src/boot/me/semant.ml
+++ b/src/boot/me/semant.ml
@@ -432,15 +432,15 @@ let fn_output_ty (fn_ty:Ast.ty) : Ast.ty =
 (* name of tag constructor function -> name for indexing in the ty_tag *)
 let rec tag_ctor_name_to_tag_name (name:Ast.name) : Ast.name =
   match name with
-      Ast.NAME_base nb ->
-        begin
-          match nb with
-              Ast.BASE_ident _ -> name
-            | Ast.BASE_app (id, _) -> Ast.NAME_base (Ast.BASE_ident id)
-            | _ ->
-                bug () "tag_or_iso_ty_tup_by_name with non-tag-ctor name"
-        end
-    | Ast.NAME_ext (inner_name, _) -> tag_ctor_name_to_tag_name inner_name
+      Ast.NAME_base (Ast.BASE_ident _) -> name
+    | Ast.NAME_base (Ast.BASE_app (id, _)) ->
+        Ast.NAME_base (Ast.BASE_ident id)
+
+    | Ast.NAME_ext (_, Ast.COMP_ident id)
+    | Ast.NAME_ext (_, Ast.COMP_app (id, _)) ->
+        Ast.NAME_base (Ast.BASE_ident id)
+
+    | _ -> bug () "tag_or_iso_ty_tup_by_name with non-tag-ctor name"
 ;;
 
 let tag_or_iso_ty_tup_by_name (ty:Ast.ty) (name:Ast.name) : Ast.ty_tup =
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/generic-fn-twice.rs b/src/test/run-pass/generic-fn-twice.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0c6257f8874
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/generic-fn-twice.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// -*- rust -*-
+
+mod foomod {
+  fn foo[T]() {}
+}
+
+fn main() {
+  foomod.foo[int]();
+  foomod.foo[int]();
+}
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/generic-obj.rs b/src/test/run-pass/generic-obj.rs
index 414aaff46a2..1ff7d180a7f 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/generic-obj.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/generic-obj.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ obj buf[T](tup(T,T,T) data) {
     }
   }
 
-  fn take(T t) {}
+  fn take(&T t) {}
 }
 
 fn main() {