diff --git a/src/llvm_backend.cpp b/src/llvm_backend.cpp
index c8626c195..6e6b9e39a 100644
--- a/src/llvm_backend.cpp
+++ b/src/llvm_backend.cpp
@@ -1793,7 +1793,6 @@ gb_internal void lb_finalize_objc_names(lbGenerator *gen, lbProcedure *p) {
 	}
 
 	// Register ivar offsets for any `objc_ivar_get` expressions emitted.
-	Type *ptr_u32 = alloc_type_pointer(t_u32);
 	for (auto const& kv : ivar_map) {
 		lbObjCGlobal const& g = kv.value;
 		lbAddr ivar_addr = {};
@@ -1801,13 +1800,14 @@ gb_internal void lb_finalize_objc_names(lbGenerator *gen, lbProcedure *p) {
 
 		if (found) {
 			ivar_addr = lb_addr(*found);
+			GB_ASSERT(ivar_addr.addr.type == t_int_ptr);
 		} else {
-			// Defined in an external package, must define now
-			LLVMTypeRef t = lb_type(m, t_u32);
+			// Defined in an external package, define it now in the main package
+			LLVMTypeRef t = lb_type(m, t_int);
 
 			lbValue global{};
 			global.value = LLVMAddGlobal(m->mod, t, g.global_name);
-			global.type  = ptr_u32;
+			global.type  = t_int_ptr;
 
 			LLVMSetInitializer(global.value, LLVMConstInt(t, 0, true));
 
@@ -1825,9 +1825,9 @@ gb_internal void lb_finalize_objc_names(lbGenerator *gen, lbProcedure *p) {
 		args.count = 1;
 		args[0] = ivar;
 		lbValue ivar_offset     = lb_emit_runtime_call(p, "ivar_getOffset", args);
-		lbValue ivar_offset_u32 = lb_emit_conv(p, ivar_offset, t_u32);
+		lbValue ivar_offset_int = lb_emit_conv(p, ivar_offset, t_int);
 
-		lb_addr_store(p, ivar_addr, ivar_offset_u32);
+		lb_addr_store(p, ivar_addr, ivar_offset_int);
 	}
 
 	lb_end_procedure_body(p);
diff --git a/src/llvm_backend_utility.cpp b/src/llvm_backend_utility.cpp
index 264364162..521553147 100644
--- a/src/llvm_backend_utility.cpp
+++ b/src/llvm_backend_utility.cpp
@@ -2171,11 +2171,11 @@ gb_internal lbAddr lb_handle_objc_find_or_register_ivar(lbModule *m, Type *self_
 	global_name = gb_string_append_length(global_name, name.text, name.len);
 
 	// Create a global variable to store offset of the ivar in an instance of an object
-	LLVMTypeRef t = lb_type(m, t_u32);
+	LLVMTypeRef t = lb_type(m, t_int);
 
 	lbValue g = {};
 	g.value = LLVMAddGlobal(m->mod, t, global_name);
-	g.type  = alloc_type_pointer(t_u32);
+	g.type  = t_int_ptr;
 
 	if (default_module == m) {
 		LLVMSetInitializer(g.value, LLVMConstInt(t, 0, true));
@@ -2184,7 +2184,7 @@ gb_internal lbAddr lb_handle_objc_find_or_register_ivar(lbModule *m, Type *self_
 		LLVMSetLinkage(g.value, LLVMExternalLinkage);
 	}
 
-	mpsc_enqueue(&m->gen->objc_ivars, lbObjCGlobal{m, global_name, name, t_u32, self_type});
+	mpsc_enqueue(&m->gen->objc_ivars, lbObjCGlobal{m, global_name, name, t_int, self_type});
 
 	lbAddr addr = lb_addr(g);
 	string_map_set(&m->objc_ivars, name, addr);