diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/lflang/analyses/pretvm/InstructionGenerator.java b/core/src/main/java/org/lflang/analyses/pretvm/InstructionGenerator.java
index c0b55cd317..46553861a3 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/lflang/analyses/pretvm/InstructionGenerator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/lflang/analyses/pretvm/InstructionGenerator.java
@@ -606,11 +606,23 @@ public PretVmObjectFile generateInstructions(Dag dagParitioned, StateSpaceFragme
     }
     // Add a label to the first instruction using the exploration phase
     // (INIT, PERIODIC, SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT, etc.).
-    for (int i = 0; i < workers; i++) {
+    for (int w = 0; w < workers; w++) {
       // First, check if there is any instruction generated.
       // A worker without any work assignment has an empty schedule.
-      if (instructions.get(i).size() > 0)
-        instructions.get(i).get(0).addLabel(fragment.getPhase().toString());
+      // In this case, generate a dummy instruction: adding zero to a
+      // temp register.
+      // Without this dummy instruction, currently there will be
+      // compilation errors due to not having a place to put phase labels.
+      if (instructions.get(w).size() == 0) {
+        addInstructionForWorker(
+            instructions,
+            w,
+            dagParitioned.end,
+            null,
+            new InstructionADD(registers.temp0.get(w), registers.temp0.get(w), registers.zero));
+      }
+      // Then assign a label to the first instruction.
+      instructions.get(w).get(0).addLabel(fragment.getPhase().toString());
     }
     return new PretVmObjectFile(instructions, fragment, dagParitioned);
   }
diff --git a/test/C/src/static/LongShort.lf b/test/C/src/static/LongShort.lf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..17705f9417
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/C/src/static/LongShort.lf
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+target C {
+    scheduler: STATIC,
+    timeout: 5 sec,
+    workers: 2,
+    fast: true,
+}
+
+realtime reactor Long {
+    timer t(0, 300 msec)
+    @wcet("300 msec")
+    reaction(t) {=
+        instant_t start = lf_time_physical();
+        interval_t wait = MSEC(290);
+        instant_t release = start + wait;
+        while (lf_time_physical() < release);
+    =}
+}
+
+realtime reactor Short {
+    timer t(0, 100 msec)
+    @wcet("100 msec")
+    reaction(t) {=
+        instant_t start = lf_time_physical();
+        interval_t wait = MSEC(90);
+        instant_t release = start + wait;
+        while (lf_time_physical() < release);
+    =}
+}
+
+main reactor {
+    l = new Long()
+    s = new Short()
+}
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