diff --git a/lib/pure/hashes.nim b/lib/pure/hashes.nim
index cd0841d2e..1024ce26f 100644
--- a/lib/pure/hashes.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/hashes.nim
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ proc hiXorLo(a, b: uint64): uint64 {.inline.} =
     when Hash.sizeof < 8:
       result = hiXorLoFallback64(a, b)
     elif defined(gcc) or defined(llvm_gcc) or defined(clang):
-      {.emit: """__uint128_t r = a; r *= b; `result` = (r >> 64) ^ r;""".}
+      {.emit: """__uint128_t r = `a`; r *= `b`; `result` = (r >> 64) ^ r;""".}
     elif defined(windows) and not defined(tcc):
       proc umul128(a, b: uint64, c: ptr uint64): uint64 {.importc: "_umul128", header: "intrin.h".}
       var b = b