diff --git a/go/vt/vtgate/evalengine/compiler_asm.go b/go/vt/vtgate/evalengine/compiler_asm.go
index b717b0750f6..ebde418a3db 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtgate/evalengine/compiler_asm.go
+++ b/go/vt/vtgate/evalengine/compiler_asm.go
@@ -5146,3 +5146,10 @@ func (asm *assembler) Fn_LAST_INSERT_ID() {
 		return 1
 	}, "FN LAST_INSERT_ID UINT64(SP-1)")
 }
+
+func (asm *assembler) Fn_LAST_INSERT_ID_NULL() {
+	asm.emit(func(env *ExpressionEnv) int {
+		env.VCursor().SetLastInsertID(0)
+		return 1
+	}, "FN LAST_INSERT_ID NULL")
+}
diff --git a/go/vt/vtgate/evalengine/fn_misc.go b/go/vt/vtgate/evalengine/fn_misc.go
index 948383f5352..6c017b9195c 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtgate/evalengine/fn_misc.go
+++ b/go/vt/vtgate/evalengine/fn_misc.go
@@ -222,17 +222,13 @@ func (call *builtinLastInsertID) compile(c *compiler) (ctype, error) {
 
 	setZero := c.compileNullCheck1(arg)
 	c.compileToUint64(arg, 1)
-	setLastInsertID := c.asm.jumpFrom()
+	c.asm.Fn_LAST_INSERT_ID()
+	end := c.asm.jumpFrom()
 
 	c.asm.jumpDestination(setZero)
-	c.asm.emit(func(env *ExpressionEnv) int {
-		env.vm.stack[env.vm.sp] = env.vm.arena.newEvalUint64(0)
-		env.vm.sp++
-		return 1
-	}, "PUSH UINT64(0)")
+	c.asm.Fn_LAST_INSERT_ID_NULL()
 
-	c.asm.jumpDestination(setLastInsertID)
-	c.asm.Fn_LAST_INSERT_ID()
+	c.asm.jumpDestination(end)
 
 	return ctype{Type: sqltypes.Uint64, Flag: flagNullable, Col: collationNumeric}, nil
 }