diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 62712e923..0f64b21de 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "SymbolicUtils"
 uuid = "d1185830-fcd6-423d-90d6-eec64667417b"
 authors = ["Shashi Gowda"]
-version = "3.4.0"
+version = "3.4.1"
 
 [deps]
 AbstractTrees = "1520ce14-60c1-5f80-bbc7-55ef81b5835c"
diff --git a/src/types.jl b/src/types.jl
index 747f1a9c6..9761e309b 100644
--- a/src/types.jl
+++ b/src/types.jl
@@ -996,10 +996,9 @@ variable. So, `h(1, g)` will fail and `h(1, f)` will work.
 """
 macro syms(xs...)
     defs = map(xs) do x
-        n, t = _name_type(x)
-        T = esc(t)
         nt = _name_type(x)
         n, t = nt.name, nt.type
+        T = esc(t)
         :($(esc(n)) = Sym{$T}($(Expr(:quote, n))))
     end
     Expr(:block, defs...,