diff --git a/libevmjit-cpp/Env.cpp b/libevmjit-cpp/Env.cpp
index c0d8db75a7..1dcd381626 100644
--- a/libevmjit-cpp/Env.cpp
+++ b/libevmjit-cpp/Env.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ extern "C"
 		_env->setStore(index, value);	// Interface uses native endianness
 	}
 
-	EXPORT void ext_balance(ExtVMFace* _env, h256* _address, i256* o_value)
+	EXPORT void env_balance(ExtVMFace* _env, h256* _address, i256* o_value)
 	{
 		auto u = _env->balance(right160(*_address));
 		*o_value = eth2llvm(u);
diff --git a/libevmjit/Ext.cpp b/libevmjit/Ext.cpp
index 98063b5380..38adffd3f9 100644
--- a/libevmjit/Ext.cpp
+++ b/libevmjit/Ext.cpp
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ Ext::Ext(RuntimeManager& _runtimeManager, Memory& _memoryMan):
 
 	m_sload = llvm::Function::Create(llvm::FunctionType::get(Type::Void, {argsTypes, 3}, false), Linkage::ExternalLinkage, "env_sload", module);
 	m_sstore = llvm::Function::Create(llvm::FunctionType::get(Type::Void, {argsTypes, 3}, false), Linkage::ExternalLinkage, "env_sstore", module);
-	m_balance = llvm::Function::Create(llvm::FunctionType::get(Type::Void, {argsTypes, 3}, false), Linkage::ExternalLinkage, "ext_balance", module);
 
 	llvm::Type* sha3ArgsTypes[] = {Type::BytePtr, Type::Size, Type::WordPtr};
 	m_sha3 = llvm::Function::Create(llvm::FunctionType::get(Type::Void, sha3ArgsTypes, false), Linkage::ExternalLinkage, "env_sha3", module);
@@ -65,6 +64,16 @@ Ext::Ext(RuntimeManager& _runtimeManager, Memory& _memoryMan):
 	m_calldataload = llvm::Function::Create(llvm::FunctionType::get(Type::Void, callDataLoadArgsTypes, false), Linkage::ExternalLinkage, "ext_calldataload", module);
 }
 
+llvm::Function* Ext::getBalanceFunc()
+{
+	if (!m_balance)
+	{
+		llvm::Type* argsTypes[] = {Type::EnvPtr, Type::WordPtr, Type::WordPtr};
+		m_balance = llvm::Function::Create(llvm::FunctionType::get(Type::Void, argsTypes, false), llvm::Function::ExternalLinkage, "env_balance", getModule());
+	}
+	return m_balance;
+}
+
 llvm::Value* Ext::sload(llvm::Value* _index)
 {
 	m_builder.CreateStore(_index, m_args[0]);
@@ -91,7 +100,7 @@ llvm::Value* Ext::balance(llvm::Value* _address)
 {
 	auto address = Endianness::toBE(m_builder, _address);
 	m_builder.CreateStore(address, m_args[0]);
-	m_builder.CreateCall3(m_balance, getRuntimeManager().getEnvPtr(), m_args[0], m_args[1]);
+	createCall(getBalanceFunc(), getRuntimeManager().getEnvPtr(), m_args[0], m_args[1]);
 	return m_builder.CreateLoad(m_args[1]);
 }
 
diff --git a/libevmjit/Ext.h b/libevmjit/Ext.h
index 9c79b93d57..be71dc1ffb 100644
--- a/libevmjit/Ext.h
+++ b/libevmjit/Ext.h
@@ -52,12 +52,14 @@ private:
 	llvm::Function* m_sload;
 	llvm::Function* m_sstore;
 	llvm::Function* m_calldataload;
-	llvm::Function* m_balance;
+	llvm::Function* m_balance = nullptr;
 	llvm::Function* m_create;
 	llvm::Function* m_call;
 	llvm::Function* m_sha3;
 	llvm::Function* m_getExtCode;
 	llvm::Function* m_log;
+
+	llvm::Function* getBalanceFunc();
 };