diff --git a/src/passes/10-transpiler/transpiler.ml b/src/passes/10-transpiler/transpiler.ml
index b66880e93..37c005ef6 100644
--- a/src/passes/10-transpiler/transpiler.ml
+++ b/src/passes/10-transpiler/transpiler.ml
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ and transpile_annotated_expression (ae:AST.expression) : expression result =
         | AST.E_record_update {record=record'; path=path'; update=update'} -> (
           match record'.expression_content with 
             | AST.E_record_accessor {record;path} ->
-              if (AST.Misc.expression_eq record r && path = p) then 
+              if (AST.Misc.equal_variables record r && path = p) then
                 aux res' (record',path',update')
               else ok @@ (up,res')
             | _ -> ok @@ (up,res')
diff --git a/src/stages/4-ast_typed/misc.ml b/src/stages/4-ast_typed/misc.ml
index 338178043..95c1b9289 100644
--- a/src/stages/4-ast_typed/misc.ml
+++ b/src/stages/4-ast_typed/misc.ml
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ let program_environment (program : program) : full_environment =
   match last_declaration with
   | Declaration_constant { binder=_ ; expr=_ ; inline=_ ; post_env } -> post_env
 
-let expression_eq a b : bool =
+let equal_variables a b : bool =
   match a.expression_content, b.expression_content with 
   | E_variable a, E_variable b -> Var.equal a b
   |  _, _ -> false
diff --git a/src/stages/4-ast_typed/misc.mli b/src/stages/4-ast_typed/misc.mli
index ed4813f1c..924702ce8 100644
--- a/src/stages/4-ast_typed/misc.mli
+++ b/src/stages/4-ast_typed/misc.mli
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ val merge_annotation : type_expression option -> type_expression option -> error
 
 (* No information about what made it fail *)
 val type_expression_eq : ( type_expression * type_expression ) -> bool
-val expression_eq : expression -> expression -> bool
+
+val equal_variables : expression -> expression -> bool
 
 module Free_variables : sig
   type bindings = expression_variable list