diff --git a/collects/drracket/private/syncheck/traversals.rkt b/collects/drracket/private/syncheck/traversals.rkt
index 7efd886771..63cf5b8bf0 100644
--- a/collects/drracket/private/syncheck/traversals.rkt
+++ b/collects/drracket/private/syncheck/traversals.rkt
@@ -379,6 +379,7 @@
                  (define (handle-phaseless-spec stx level)
                    (define adjusted-level (and level (+ level level-of-enclosing-module)))
                    (define require-ht (hash-ref! phase-to-requires 
+                                                 adjusted-level
                                                  (λ ()
                                                    (define h (make-hash))
                                                    (hash-set! phase-to-requires adjusted-level h)