1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/py/compile.c b/py/compile.c
index 9e6c4e5fe4..0e33ca2688 100644
--- a/py/compile.c
+++ b/py/compile.c
@@ -3314,7 +3314,8 @@ mp_obj_t mp_compile(mp_parse_node_t pn, qstr source_file, bool is_repl) {
         return mp_const_true;
 #else
         // return function that executes the outer module
-        return rt_make_function_from_id(unique_code_id, MP_OBJ_NULL);
+        // we can free the unique_code slot because no-one has reference to this unique_code_id anymore
+        return rt_make_function_from_id(unique_code_id, true, MP_OBJ_NULL);
 #endif
     }
 }