diff --git a/src/md_MAIN_009/md_MAIN_009.c b/src/md_MAIN_009/md_MAIN_009.c
index 09101e799..7537b9816 100644
--- a/src/md_MAIN_009/md_MAIN_009.c
+++ b/src/md_MAIN_009/md_MAIN_009.c
@@ -88,7 +88,18 @@ void func_800CD4C8(void) {
 }
 
 
-INCLUDE_ASM("asm/md_MAIN_009/nonmatchings/md_MAIN_009", func_800CD520);
+const u32 D_800CD364[] = { 0x545C3A43, 0x41504D49, 0x4F5C4B43, 0x4D454450, 0x502E314F, 0x65005441, 0x3C02800C, 0x9442AE04 };
+
+/* func_8001AD38 is declared by the TU at file scope as (const char*) — spelled like the TU (§376) */
+extern s32 D_800CDD34;
+extern void func_800116A0(void);
+
+void func_800CD520(void) {
+    func_8001AD38((const char *)D_800CD364);
+    D_800CDD34 = 0;
+    func_800116A0();
+}
+
 
 extern s32 D_800CDD30;
 extern s32 D_800CDD34;