diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/abi/abiutils.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/abi/abiutils.go
index 16126347cf..04b17fbcc5 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/abi/abiutils.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/abi/abiutils.go
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ type RegIndex uint8
 // (as described above), not architected registers.
 type ABIParamAssignment struct {
 	Type      *types.Type
-	Name      types.Object // should always be *ir.Name, used to match with a particular ssa.OpArg.
+	Name      *ir.Name
 	Registers []RegIndex
 	offset    int32
 }
@@ -353,7 +353,11 @@ func (config *ABIConfig) ABIAnalyzeFuncType(ft *types.Type) *ABIParamResultInfo
 	assignParams := func(params []*types.Field, isResult bool) []ABIParamAssignment {
 		res := make([]ABIParamAssignment, len(params))
 		for i, param := range params {
-			res[i] = s.assignParam(param.Type, param.Nname, isResult)
+			var name *ir.Name
+			if param.Nname != nil {
+				name = param.Nname.(*ir.Name)
+			}
+			res[i] = s.assignParam(param.Type, name, isResult)
 		}
 		return res
 	}
@@ -589,7 +593,7 @@ func setup() {
 // of field f to determine whether it can be register assigned.
 // The result of the analysis is recorded in the result
 // ABIParamResultInfo held in 'state'.
-func (state *assignState) assignParam(typ *types.Type, name types.Object, isResult bool) ABIParamAssignment {
+func (state *assignState) assignParam(typ *types.Type, name *ir.Name, isResult bool) ABIParamAssignment {
 	registers := state.tryAllocRegs(typ)
 
 	var offset int64 = -1
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/liveness/arg.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/liveness/arg.go
index 16a4c71f62..e1269a10b7 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/liveness/arg.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/liveness/arg.go
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ func ArgLiveness(fn *ir.Func, f *ssa.Func, pp *objw.Progs) (blockIdx, valueIdx m
 	}
 	// Gather all register arg spill slots.
 	for _, a := range f.OwnAux.ABIInfo().InParams() {
-		n, ok := a.Name.(*ir.Name)
-		if !ok || len(a.Registers) == 0 {
+		n := a.Name
+		if n == nil || len(a.Registers) == 0 {
 			continue
 		}
 		_, offs := a.RegisterTypesAndOffsets()
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/debug.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/debug.go
index 5dd91cbf54..7e0e1f34a8 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/debug.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/debug.go
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ func PopulateABIInRegArgOps(f *Func) {
 		if !isNamedRegParam(inp) {
 			continue
 		}
-		n := inp.Name.(*ir.Name)
+		n := inp.Name
 
 		// Param is spread across one or more registers. Walk through
 		// each piece to see whether we've seen an arg reg op for it.
@@ -1734,7 +1734,7 @@ func isNamedRegParam(p abi.ABIParamAssignment) bool {
 	if p.Name == nil {
 		return false
 	}
-	n := p.Name.(*ir.Name)
+	n := p.Name
 	if n.Sym() == nil || n.Sym().IsBlank() {
 		return false
 	}
@@ -1790,7 +1790,7 @@ func BuildFuncDebugNoOptimized(ctxt *obj.Link, f *Func, loggingEnabled bool, sta
 			continue
 		}
 
-		n := inp.Name.(*ir.Name)
+		n := inp.Name
 		sl := LocalSlot{N: n, Type: inp.Type, Off: 0}
 		rval.Vars = append(rval.Vars, n)
 		rval.Slots = append(rval.Slots, sl)
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/op.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/op.go
index e2319d78d6..0fe9a9125f 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/op.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/op.go
@@ -240,11 +240,7 @@ func (a *AuxCall) RegsOfArg(which int64) []abi.RegIndex {
 
 // NameOfResult returns the type of result which (indexed 0, 1, etc).
 func (a *AuxCall) NameOfResult(which int64) *ir.Name {
-	name := a.abiInfo.OutParam(int(which)).Name
-	if name == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	return name.(*ir.Name)
+	return a.abiInfo.OutParam(int(which)).Name
 }
 
 // TypeOfResult returns the type of result which (indexed 0, 1, etc).
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssagen/ssa.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssagen/ssa.go
index b8f48b33a5..805814ab86 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssagen/ssa.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssagen/ssa.go
@@ -7194,7 +7194,7 @@ func genssa(f *ssa.Func, pp *objw.Progs) {
 		// The results are already in memory, because they are not SSA'd
 		// when the function has defers (see canSSAName).
 		for _, o := range f.OwnAux.ABIInfo().OutParams() {
-			n := o.Name.(*ir.Name)
+			n := o.Name
 			rts, offs := o.RegisterTypesAndOffsets()
 			for i := range o.Registers {
 				Arch.LoadRegResult(&s, f, rts[i], ssa.ObjRegForAbiReg(o.Registers[i], f.Config), n, offs[i])
@@ -7507,8 +7507,8 @@ func defframe(s *State, e *ssafn, f *ssa.Func) {
 
 		// Then, insert code to spill registers if not already.
 		for _, a := range f.OwnAux.ABIInfo().InParams() {
-			n, ok := a.Name.(*ir.Name)
-			if !ok || n.Addrtaken() || !ssa.CanSSA(n.Type()) || !s.partLiveArgs[n] || len(a.Registers) <= 1 {
+			n := a.Name
+			if n == nil || n.Addrtaken() || !ssa.CanSSA(n.Type()) || !s.partLiveArgs[n] || len(a.Registers) <= 1 {
 				continue
 			}
 			rts, offs := a.RegisterTypesAndOffsets()