diff --git a/frontends/aiger/aigerparse.cc b/frontends/aiger/aigerparse.cc
index 859dd5314..f6b2a639d 100644
--- a/frontends/aiger/aigerparse.cc
+++ b/frontends/aiger/aigerparse.cc
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ end_of_header:
 	else
 		log_abort();
 
-	RTLIL::Wire* n0 = module->wire("$0");
+	RTLIL::Wire* n0 = module->wire(stringf("$aiger%d$0", aiger_autoidx));
 	if (n0)
 		module->connect(n0, State::S0);
 
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ void AigerReader::parse_xaiger()
 	else
 		log_abort();
 
-	RTLIL::Wire* n0 = module->wire("$0");
+	RTLIL::Wire* n0 = module->wire(stringf("$aiger%d$0", aiger_autoidx));
 	if (n0)
 		module->connect(n0, State::S0);