diff --git a/src/testdir/test_vim9_script.vim b/src/testdir/test_vim9_script.vim
index 726ca9a..63da003 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_vim9_script.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_vim9_script.vim
@@ -980,6 +980,39 @@
   delete('Ximport.vim')
 enddef
 
+" Not exported function that is referenced needs to be accessed by the
+" script-local name.
+def Test_vim9script_funcref()
+  let sortlines =<< trim END
+      vim9script
+      def Compare(i1: number, i2: number): number
+        return 1
+      enddef
+
+      export def FastSort(): list<number>
+        return range(5)->sort(Compare)
+      enddef
+  END
+  writefile(sortlines, 'Xsort.vim')
+
+  let lines =<< trim END
+    vim9script
+    import FastSort from './Xsort.vim'
+    def Test()
+      g:result = FastSort()
+    enddef
+    Test()
+  END
+  writefile(lines, 'Xscript.vim')
+
+  source Xscript.vim
+  assert_equal([4, 3, 2, 1, 0], g:result)
+
+  unlet g:result
+  delete('Xsort.vim')
+  delete('Xscript.vim')
+enddef
+
 def Test_vim9script_reload_delfunc()
   let first_lines =<< trim END
     vim9script
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index d8124ef..f5de446 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -755,6 +755,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    1152,
+/**/
     1151,
 /**/
     1150,
diff --git a/src/vim9compile.c b/src/vim9compile.c
index ff6668f..07e0d27 100644
--- a/src/vim9compile.c
+++ b/src/vim9compile.c
@@ -2676,7 +2676,8 @@
     if (ufunc == NULL)
 	return FAIL;
 
-    return generate_PUSHFUNC(cctx, vim_strsave(name), ufunc->uf_func_type);
+    return generate_PUSHFUNC(cctx, vim_strsave(ufunc->uf_name),
+							  ufunc->uf_func_type);
 }
 
 /*