diff --git a/src/compiler/orcv2.jl b/src/compiler/orcv2.jl
index 4673cf30c7..795d1f71d4 100644
--- a/src/compiler/orcv2.jl
+++ b/src/compiler/orcv2.jl
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ function lookup(name)
     @static if sizeof(Int) == sizeof(Int64)
 	LLVM.lookup(jit[].jit, name)
     else
-	UInt(LLVM.lookup(jit[].jit, name))
+	UInt(reinterpret(UInt64, LLVM.lookup(jit[].jit, name)))
     end
 end