diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/escape/call.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/escape/call.go
index 9e5abed591..65c76d6870 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/escape/call.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/escape/call.go
@@ -320,6 +320,8 @@ func (e *escape) rewriteArgument(argp *ir.Node, init *ir.Nodes, call ir.Node, fn
 			return
 		case ir.ONAME:
 			if arg.(*ir.Name).Class == ir.PFUNC {
+				// TODO(cuonglm): figure it why this is necessary, we should not depend on this to make
+				//                ABI analyze works correctly (see #47227 and discussion in CL 334882).
 				return
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/test/fixedbugs/issue47227.go b/test/fixedbugs/issue47227.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a14efc9a68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixedbugs/issue47227.go
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// run fake-arg-to-force-use-of-go-run
+
+// Copyright 2021 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+//go:build cgo
+// +build cgo
+
+package main
+
+// void f(int *p) { *p = 0x12345678; }
+import "C"
+
+func main() {
+	var x C.int
+	func() {
+		defer C.f(&x)
+	}()
+	if x != 0x12345678 {
+		panic("FAIL")
+	}
+}