--- a/src/parse.y
+++ b/src/parse.y
@@ -3332,12 +3332,10 @@
 }
 
 bool
-load_fcn_from_file (symbol_record *sym_rec, bool exec_script)
+load_fcn_from_file (const std::string& nm, bool exec_script)
 {
   bool script_file_executed = false;
 
-  std::string nm = sym_rec->name ();
-
   string_vector names (2);
 
   names[0] = nm + ".oct";
@@ -3377,6 +3375,12 @@
   return script_file_executed;
 }
 
+bool
+load_fcn_from_file (symbol_record *sym_rec, bool exec_script)
+{
+  return load_fcn_from_file (sym_rec->name (), exec_script);
+}
+
 void
 source_file (const std::string file_name)
 {