diff --git a/codeGenCpu6502/src/prog8/codegen/cpu6502/AsmGen.kt b/codeGenCpu6502/src/prog8/codegen/cpu6502/AsmGen.kt
index dfcc44f43..4e76c43e7 100644
--- a/codeGenCpu6502/src/prog8/codegen/cpu6502/AsmGen.kt
+++ b/codeGenCpu6502/src/prog8/codegen/cpu6502/AsmGen.kt
@@ -766,9 +766,9 @@ $repeatLabel    lda  $counterVar
         }
         val isNested = parent is PtRepeatLoop
 
-        if(!isNested) {
+        if(!isNested && !options.useRPN) {
             // we can re-use a counter var from the subroutine if it already has one for that datatype
-            val existingVar = asmInfo.extraVars.firstOrNull { it.first==dt }
+            val existingVar = asmInfo.extraVars.firstOrNull { it.first==dt && it.second.endsWith("counter") }
             if(existingVar!=null) {
                 if(!preferZeropage || existingVar.third!=null)
                     return existingVar.second
diff --git a/docs/source/todo.rst b/docs/source/todo.rst
index 0f0ad61de..dfcd71c79 100644
--- a/docs/source/todo.rst
+++ b/docs/source/todo.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 TODO
 ====
-RPN: examples/line-circle-txt crashes
 RPN: examples/turtlegfx crashes
 RPN: examples/maze crashes
 RPN: examples/bsieve,charset compilation crash (bit shift expression)