diff --git a/compiler/cgen.nim b/compiler/cgen.nim
index 5c533452d9..8bd72d49b2 100644
--- a/compiler/cgen.nim
+++ b/compiler/cgen.nim
@@ -2420,20 +2420,6 @@ proc addHcrInitGuards(p: BProc, n: PNode, inInitGuard: var bool, init: var IfBui
 
     genStmts(p, n)
 
-proc handleProcGlobals(m: BModule) =
-  var procGlobals: seq[PNode] = move m.g.graph.procGlobals
-
-  for i in 0..<procGlobals.len:
-    var stmts = newBuilder("")
-
-    # fixes recursive calls #24997
-    swap stmts, m.preInitProc.s(cpsStmts)
-    genStmts(m.preInitProc, procGlobals[i])
-    swap stmts, m.preInitProc.s(cpsStmts)
-
-    handleProcGlobals(m)
-    m.preInitProc.s(cpsStmts).add stmts.extract()
-
 proc genTopLevelStmt*(m: BModule; n: PNode) =
   ## Also called from `ic/cbackend.nim`.
   if pipelineutils.skipCodegen(m.config, n): return
@@ -2449,7 +2435,13 @@ proc genTopLevelStmt*(m: BModule; n: PNode) =
   else:
     genProcBody(m.initProc, transformedN)
 
-  handleProcGlobals(m)
+  var procGloals = move m.g.graph.procGlobals
+  while true:
+    if procGloals.len == 0:
+      procGloals = move m.g.graph.procGlobals
+      if procGloals.len == 0:
+        break
+    genStmts(m.preInitProc, procGloals.pop())
 
 proc shouldRecompile(m: BModule; code: Rope, cfile: Cfile): bool =
   if optForceFullMake notin m.config.globalOptions:
diff --git a/tests/global/tglobal3.nim b/tests/global/tglobal3.nim
index 80c1cd640d..e0f0d50ce0 100644
--- a/tests/global/tglobal3.nim
+++ b/tests/global/tglobal3.nim
@@ -41,17 +41,3 @@ block: # bug #24981
   type Foo = object
     i: int
   m(Foo)
-
-block: # bug #24997
-  type R = ref object
-  type B = object
-    j: int
-  proc y(T: type): R
-  proc u(T: type): R =
-    let res {.global.} = y(T)
-    res
-  proc y(T: type): R =
-    when T is object:
-      doAssert not isNil(u(typeof(B.j)))
-    R()
-  discard u(B)