diff --git a/passes/techmap/abc9_ops.cc b/passes/techmap/abc9_ops.cc
index c3eaa70d1..a2f1dd955 100644
--- a/passes/techmap/abc9_ops.cc
+++ b/passes/techmap/abc9_ops.cc
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ void prep_xaiger(RTLIL::Module *module, bool dff)
 		auto &holes_cell = r.first->second;
 		if (r.second) {
 			if (box_module->get_bool_attribute(ID::whitebox)) {
-				holes_cell = holes_module->addCell(cell->name, cell->type);
+				holes_cell = holes_module->addCell(NEW_ID, cell->type);
 
 				if (box_module->has_processes())
 					Pass::call_on_module(design, box_module, "proc");
diff --git a/tests/techmap/bug2759.ys b/tests/techmap/bug2759.ys
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..05699bef8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/techmap/bug2759.ys
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+read_verilog -specify <<EOT
+(* abc9_box, whitebox *)
+module box(input [1:0] i, output o);
+specify
+(i *> o) = 1;
+endspecify
+assign o = ^i;
+endmodule
+
+module top(input [1:0] i, output o);
+box i1(i, o);
+endmodule
+EOT
+abc9 -lut 4