diff --git a/packages/tsc-wrapped/src/bundler.ts b/packages/tsc-wrapped/src/bundler.ts
index fd9939e734..e3659373d8 100644
--- a/packages/tsc-wrapped/src/bundler.ts
+++ b/packages/tsc-wrapped/src/bundler.ts
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ export class MetadataBundler {
         // keep one entry and replace the others by references
         names.forEach((name: string, i: number) => {
           if (i !== reference) {
-            result[name] = {__symbolic: 'reference', name: declaredName};
+            result[name] = {__symbolic: 'reference', name: names[reference]};
           }
         });
       }
diff --git a/packages/tsc-wrapped/test/bundler_spec.ts b/packages/tsc-wrapped/test/bundler_spec.ts
index 7ecbc4abea..7c4bf97b48 100644
--- a/packages/tsc-wrapped/test/bundler_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/tsc-wrapped/test/bundler_spec.ts
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ describe('metadata bundler', () => {
     expect(A2.name).toEqual('A');
     expect(B1.__symbolic).toEqual('class');
     expect(B2.__symbolic).toEqual('reference');
-    expect(B2.name).toEqual('B');
+    expect(B2.name).toEqual('B1');
   });
 });