diff --git a/compiler/node.lisp b/compiler/node.lisp
index 0df7345914209798e3b8e17e4a50b232d402e916..d4dbd3a6cf61b7c3d2a08da4962672e95a43ae5f 100644
--- a/compiler/node.lisp
+++ b/compiler/node.lisp
@@ -1159,7 +1159,7 @@
   (name nil :type (or symbol list))
   ;;
   ;; The kind of reference to Name.
-  (kind nil :type (member :function :type))
+  (kind nil :type (member :function :type :variable))
   ;;
   ;; The number of times this thing was used.
   (count 0 :type unsigned-byte)