diff --git a/src/nasal_codegen.cpp b/src/nasal_codegen.cpp
index 683fb54..730b705 100644
--- a/src/nasal_codegen.cpp
+++ b/src/nasal_codegen.cpp
@@ -219,7 +219,12 @@ void codegen::func_gen(function* node) {
     // then the arg is [2, 3], because 1 is accepted by "a"
     // so in fact "f" is the same as:
     //     var f = func(a, arg...) {return(arg)}
-    add_symbol("arg");
+    auto arg = std::string("arg");
+    // this is used to avoid confliction with defined parameter
+    while(local_find(arg)>=0) {
+        arg = "0" + arg;
+    }
+    add_symbol(arg);
 
     in_iterloop.push(0);
     block_gen(block);
diff --git a/test/globals_test.nas b/test/globals_test.nas
index c698b33..3016cda 100644
--- a/test/globals_test.nas
+++ b/test/globals_test.nas
@@ -22,6 +22,16 @@ var f = func() {
 
 f(1, 2, 3);
 
+var a = func(arg, b) {
+    println(arg, " ", b);
+}
+var b = func(a) {
+    println(a, " ", arg);
+}
+
+a(1, 2, 3, 4); # 1 2
+b(1, 2, 3, 4); # 1 [2 3 4]
+
 # command line arguments
 println(arg);
 println(globals.arg);
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