```
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/ir/targets/JVMVisitor.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/ir/targets/JVMVisitor.java
index 28b8377a27..1be05afe04 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/ir/targets/JVMVisitor.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/ir/targets/JVMVisitor.java
@@ -100,12 +100,13 @@ public class JVMVisitor extends IRVisitor {
         lastLine = -1;
         Class result = jrubyClassLoader.defineClass(c(JVM.scriptToClass(file)), code);
 
-        for (Map.Entry<String, StaticScope> entry : staticScopeMap.entrySet()) {
-            try {
-                result.getField(entry.getKey()).set(null, entry.getValue());
-            } catch (Exception e) {
-                throw new NotCompilableException(e);
-            }
+        // only set field for top-level scope because it's passed in
+        // FIXME: don't pass in and prepare like any other scope
+        try {
+            StaticScope staticScope = scope.getStaticScope();
+            result.getField(scopeFieldMap.get(staticScope)).set(null, staticScope);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new NotCompilableException(e);
         }
 
         return result;

```