diff --git a/infer/src/IR/Ident.ml b/infer/src/IR/Ident.ml
index 89a1070e3..67d5e244f 100644
--- a/infer/src/IR/Ident.ml
+++ b/infer/src/IR/Ident.ml
@@ -180,6 +180,13 @@ let create_normal name stamp = create_with_stamp KNormal name stamp
 (** Create a fresh identifier with default name for the given kind. *)
 let create_fresh kind = NameGenerator.create_fresh_ident kind (standard_name kind)
 
+let create_fresh_specialized_with_blocks kind =
+  let fid = create_fresh kind in
+  (* The stamps are per-procedure unique, add a big enough number to effectively create
+     a namespace for vars in objc blocks *)
+  {fid with stamp= fid.stamp + 10000}
+
+
 let create_none () = create_fresh KNone
 
 (** Generate a footprint identifier with the given name and stamp *)
diff --git a/infer/src/IR/Ident.mli b/infer/src/IR/Ident.mli
index cc18dfb92..10ecbee59 100644
--- a/infer/src/IR/Ident.mli
+++ b/infer/src/IR/Ident.mli
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ val update_name_generator : t list -> unit
 val create_fresh : kind -> t
 (** Create a fresh identifier with default name for the given kind. *)
 
+val create_fresh_specialized_with_blocks : kind -> t
+(** Create a fresh identifier with default name for the given kind, with a non-clashing id for objc block specialization *)
+
 val create_path : string -> t
 (** Generate a normal identifier whose name encodes a path given as a string. *)
 
diff --git a/infer/src/IR/Procdesc.ml b/infer/src/IR/Procdesc.ml
index b17713d35..887d1bd0a 100644
--- a/infer/src/IR/Procdesc.ml
+++ b/infer/src/IR/Procdesc.ml
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ let specialize_with_block_args_instrs resolved_pdesc substitutions =
       let block_name, extra_formals = Mangled.Map.find block_var substitutions in
       let ids, id_exp_typs, load_instrs =
         List.map extra_formals ~f:(fun (var, typ) ->
-            let id = Ident.create_fresh Ident.knormal in
+            let id = Ident.create_fresh_specialized_with_blocks Ident.knormal in
             let pvar = Pvar.mk var resolved_pname in
             (id, (Exp.Var id, pvar, typ), Sil.Load (id, Exp.Lvar pvar, typ, loc)) )
         |> List.unzip3