diff --git a/compiler/vmdef.nim b/compiler/vmdef.nim
index a3ac120f99..8310062dbb 100644
--- a/compiler/vmdef.nim
+++ b/compiler/vmdef.nim
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ proc newCtx*(module: PSym; cache: IdentCache; g: ModuleGraph; idgen: IdGenerator
     callDepth: g.config.maxCallDepthVM,
     comesFromHeuristic: unknownLineInfo, callbacks: @[], callbackIndex: initTable[string, int](), errorFlag: "",
     cache: cache, config: g.config, graph: g, idgen: idgen,
-    contstantTab: initNodeTable(true))
+    contstantTab: initNodeTable(true), templInstCounter: new int)
 
 proc refresh*(c: PCtx, module: PSym; idgen: IdGenerator) =
   c.module = module
diff --git a/tests/vm/tquote.nim b/tests/vm/tquote.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3b4c520519
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vm/tquote.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+discard """
+  joinable: false
+"""
+
+import std/macros
+
+static:
+  discard quote:
+    a and b
+
+var x {.compileTime.} : NimNode = 
+  quote do:
+    echo "xxx"
\ No newline at end of file