diff --git a/py/compile.c b/py/compile.c
index b7f1d7b0c12190dba53c2d4089803466461be307..4609a50213631e151e88073b858e4f9f56c8d3ca 100644
--- a/py/compile.c
+++ b/py/compile.c
@@ -2693,9 +2693,6 @@ STATIC mp_obj_t get_const_object(mp_parse_node_struct_t *pns) {
 }
 
 STATIC void compile_const_object(compiler_t *comp, mp_parse_node_struct_t *pns) {
-    #if MICROPY_EMIT_NATIVE
-    comp->scope_cur->scope_flags |= MP_SCOPE_FLAG_HASCONSTS;
-    #endif
     EMIT_ARG(load_const_obj, get_const_object(pns));
 }
 
@@ -2730,9 +2727,6 @@ STATIC void compile_node(compiler_t *comp, mp_parse_node_t pn) {
             } else {
                 EMIT_ARG(load_const_obj, mp_obj_new_int_from_ll(arg));
             }
-            #if MICROPY_EMIT_NATIVE
-            comp->scope_cur->scope_flags |= MP_SCOPE_FLAG_HASCONSTS;
-            #endif
         }
         #else
         EMIT_ARG(load_const_small_int, arg);
@@ -2751,9 +2745,6 @@ STATIC void compile_node(compiler_t *comp, mp_parse_node_t pn) {
                     const byte *data = qstr_data(arg, &len);
                     EMIT_ARG(load_const_obj, mp_obj_new_bytes(data, len));
                 }
-                #if MICROPY_EMIT_NATIVE
-                comp->scope_cur->scope_flags |= MP_SCOPE_FLAG_HASCONSTS;
-                #endif
                 break;
             case MP_PARSE_NODE_TOKEN: default:
                 if (arg == MP_TOKEN_NEWLINE) {
diff --git a/py/emitnative.c b/py/emitnative.c
index 0c756f9a5374b14fde95d29a1878e549a0a23b2b..f04de81cd3e12e9eaa5b3d5dbc040de37a4833c1 100644
--- a/py/emitnative.c
+++ b/py/emitnative.c
@@ -1250,6 +1250,7 @@ STATIC void emit_native_load_const_str(emit_t *emit, qstr qst) {
 }
 
 STATIC void emit_native_load_const_obj(emit_t *emit, mp_obj_t obj) {
+    emit->scope->scope_flags |= MP_SCOPE_FLAG_HASCONSTS;
     emit_native_pre(emit);
     need_reg_single(emit, REG_RET, 0);
     emit_load_reg_with_object(emit, REG_RET, obj);