diff --git a/src/llvm_state.cpp b/src/llvm_state.cpp
index 5f3c4820c..095469349 100644
--- a/src/llvm_state.cpp
+++ b/src/llvm_state.cpp
@@ -1815,6 +1815,12 @@ llvm_multi_state::llvm_multi_state(std::vector<llvm_state> states)
 
     // Settings in all states must be consistent.
     auto states_differ = [](const llvm_state &s1, const llvm_state &s2) {
+        // NOTE: bit of paranoia here.
+        assert(s1.m_jitter->m_lljit->getDataLayout() == s2.m_jitter->m_lljit->getDataLayout());
+        assert(s1.m_jitter->get_target_triple() == s2.m_jitter->get_target_triple());
+        assert(s1.m_jitter->get_target_cpu() == s2.m_jitter->get_target_cpu());
+        assert(s1.m_jitter->get_target_features() == s2.m_jitter->get_target_features());
+
         if (s1.get_opt_level() != s2.get_opt_level()) {
             return true;
         }
diff --git a/test/llvm_multi_state.cpp b/test/llvm_multi_state.cpp
index 5d2ea026c..f35035672 100644
--- a/test/llvm_multi_state.cpp
+++ b/test/llvm_multi_state.cpp
@@ -324,12 +324,12 @@ TEST_CASE("cfunc")
              || s2.get_ir().substr(0, 100) == ms.get_ir()[1].substr(0, 100)
              || s2.get_ir().substr(0, 100) == ms.get_ir()[2].substr(0, 100)));
 
-    REQUIRE((s1.get_bc().substr(0, 50) == ms.get_bc()[0].substr(0, 50)
-             || s1.get_bc().substr(0, 50) == ms.get_bc()[1].substr(0, 50)
-             || s1.get_bc().substr(0, 50) == ms.get_bc()[2].substr(0, 50)));
-    REQUIRE((s2.get_bc().substr(0, 50) == ms.get_bc()[0].substr(0, 50)
-             || s2.get_bc().substr(0, 50) == ms.get_bc()[1].substr(0, 50)
-             || s2.get_bc().substr(0, 50) == ms.get_bc()[2].substr(0, 50)));
+    REQUIRE((s1.get_bc().substr(0, 25) == ms.get_bc()[0].substr(0, 25)
+             || s1.get_bc().substr(0, 25) == ms.get_bc()[1].substr(0, 25)
+             || s1.get_bc().substr(0, 25) == ms.get_bc()[2].substr(0, 25)));
+    REQUIRE((s2.get_bc().substr(0, 25) == ms.get_bc()[0].substr(0, 25)
+             || s2.get_bc().substr(0, 25) == ms.get_bc()[1].substr(0, 25)
+             || s2.get_bc().substr(0, 25) == ms.get_bc()[2].substr(0, 25)));
 
     auto *cf1_ptr
         = reinterpret_cast<void (*)(double *, const double *, const double *, const double *)>(ms.jit_lookup("f1"));