diff --git a/compiler/gen/src/llvm/bitcode.rs b/compiler/gen/src/llvm/bitcode.rs
index c918bb01dc..3d0384f5fe 100644
--- a/compiler/gen/src/llvm/bitcode.rs
+++ b/compiler/gen/src/llvm/bitcode.rs
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ pub fn build_compare_wrapper<'a, 'ctx, 'env>(
     let block = env.builder.get_insert_block().expect("to be in a function");
     let di_location = env.builder.get_current_debug_location().unwrap();
 
-    let symbol = Symbol::COMPARE_REF;
+    let symbol = Symbol::GENERIC_COMPARE_REF;
     let fn_name = layout_ids
         .get(symbol, &layout)
         .to_symbol_string(symbol, &env.interns);
diff --git a/compiler/module/src/symbol.rs b/compiler/module/src/symbol.rs
index 227461207a..8a77a55e94 100644
--- a/compiler/module/src/symbol.rs
+++ b/compiler/module/src/symbol.rs
@@ -757,7 +757,8 @@ define_builtins! {
         // A caller (wrapper) that we pass to zig for it to be able to call Roc functions
         20 ZIG_FUNCTION_CALLER: "#zig_function_caller"
 
-        21 COMPARE_REF: "#compare_ref" // TODO: <- a nice comment
+        // a caller (wrapper) for comparison
+        21 GENERIC_COMPARE_REF: "#generic_compare_ref"
     }
     1 NUM: "Num" => {
         0 NUM_NUM: "Num" imported // the Num.Num type alias