diff --git a/src/ldo.c b/src/ldo.c
index 0837ce4..6597aa2 100644
--- a/src/ldo.c
+++ b/src/ldo.c
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ int luaD_pretailcall (lua_State *L, CallInfo *ci, StkId func,
         // If this is a recursive call and we don't yet have a yk_location,
         // create one now.
         if (p->called && yk_location_is_null(p->yklocs[0])) {
-          p->yklocs[0] = yk_location_new();
+          p->yklocs[0] = yk_location_loop();
 #if YKLUA_DEBUG_STRS
           yk_location_set_debug_str(&p->yklocs[0], p->instdebugstrs[0]);
 #endif
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ CallInfo *luaD_precall (lua_State *L, StkId func, int nresults) {
         // If this is a recursive call and we don't yet have a yk_location,
         // create one now.
         if (p->called && yk_location_is_null(p->yklocs[0])) {
-          p->yklocs[0] = yk_location_new();
+          p->yklocs[0] = yk_location_loop();
 #if YKLUA_DEBUG_STRS
           yk_location_set_debug_str(&p->yklocs[0], p->instdebugstrs[0]);
 #endif
diff --git a/src/lparser.c b/src/lparser.c
index 40032ce..68bb9c8 100644
--- a/src/lparser.c
+++ b/src/lparser.c
@@ -852,7 +852,7 @@ void ykifyCode(lua_State *L, Proto *f, int num_insts) {
     } else {
       continue;
     }
-    YkLocation loc = yk_location_new();
+    YkLocation loc = yk_location_loop();
 #if YKLUA_DEBUG_STRS
     char *loc_dstr = luaG_ykdebug_str(f, loc_pc);
     yk_location_set_debug_str(&loc, loc_dstr);