diff --git a/vlib/v/gen/fn.v b/vlib/v/gen/fn.v
index 0224764c80..71f498cfb4 100644
--- a/vlib/v/gen/fn.v
+++ b/vlib/v/gen/fn.v
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ fn (mut g Gen) fn_call(node ast.CallExpr) {
 		pafn := g.fn_decl.name.after('.')
 		mut pamod := g.fn_decl.name.all_before_last('.')
 		if pamod == pafn {
-			pamod == 'builtin'
+			pamod = if g.fn_decl.is_builtin { 'builtin' } else { 'main' }
 		}
 		g.write('panic_debug($paline, tos3("$pafile"), tos3("$pamod"), tos3("$pafn"),  ')
 		g.call_args(node.args, node.expected_arg_types)
diff --git a/vlib/v/tests/inout/bad_st_as.out b/vlib/v/tests/inout/bad_st_as.out
index f8ab2ccdfd..a1baab65af 100644
--- a/vlib/v/tests/inout/bad_st_as.out
+++ b/vlib/v/tests/inout/bad_st_as.out
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Foo
 ================ V panic ================
-   module: __as_cast
+   module: builtin
  function: __as_cast()
   message: as cast: cannot cast
diff --git a/vlib/v/tests/inout/panic_with_cg.out b/vlib/v/tests/inout/panic_with_cg.out
index 05bfa60ed4..d7fd08b551 100644
--- a/vlib/v/tests/inout/panic_with_cg.out
+++ b/vlib/v/tests/inout/panic_with_cg.out
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ================ V panic ================
-   module: buggy_function
+   module: main
  function: buggy_function()
   message: panicing...
      file: vlib/v/tests/inout/panic_with_cg.v