diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index edd7d6463e..d5f79a1993 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ CTARGETFLAGS = @CTARGETFLAGS@
 M = LineInfo.o StringHeap.o
 
 TT = t-dll.o t-dll-api.o t-dll-expr.o t-dll-proc.o t-dll-analog.o
-FF = cprop.o nodangle.o synth.o synth2.o synthsplit.o syn-rules.o
+FF = cprop.o exposenodes.o nodangle.o synth.o synth2.o syn-rules.o
 
 O = main.o async.o design_dump.o discipline.o dup_expr.o elaborate.o \
     elab_expr.o elaborate_analog.o elab_lval.o elab_net.o \
diff --git a/synthsplit.cc b/exposenodes.cc
similarity index 82%
rename from synthsplit.cc
rename to exposenodes.cc
index 38726e2d74..89b8ce02a6 100644
--- a/synthsplit.cc
+++ b/exposenodes.cc
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 
 /*
- * The synthsplit functor is primarily provided for use by the vlog95
+ * The exposenodes functor is primarily provided for use by the vlog95
  * target. To implement some LPM objects, it needs to take a bit or part
  * of one of the LPM inputs. If that input is not connected to a real
  * net in the design, we need to create a net at that point so that
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
  * name it generates is unique).
  */
 
-struct synthsplit_functor  : public functor_t {
+struct exposenodes_functor  : public functor_t {
 
       unsigned count;
 
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ static bool expose_nexus(Nexus*nex)
       NetNet*sig = 0;
       for (Link*cur = nex->first_nlink() ; cur ; cur = cur->next_nlink()) {
 
+	      // Don't expose nodes that are attached to constants
+	    if (dynamic_cast<NetConst*> (cur->get_obj()))
+		  return false;
+	    if (dynamic_cast<NetLiteral*> (cur->get_obj()))
+		  return false;
+
 	    NetNet*cur_sig = dynamic_cast<NetNet*> (cur->get_obj());
 	    if (cur_sig == 0)
 		  continue;
@@ -77,7 +83,7 @@ static bool expose_nexus(Nexus*nex)
  * The vlog95 target implements a wide mux as a hierarchy of 2:1 muxes,
  * picking off one bit of the select input at each level of the hierarchy.
  */
-void synthsplit_functor::lpm_mux(Design*, NetMux*obj)
+void exposenodes_functor::lpm_mux(Design*, NetMux*obj)
 {
       if (obj->sel_width() == 1)
 	    return;
@@ -89,7 +95,7 @@ void synthsplit_functor::lpm_mux(Design*, NetMux*obj)
 /*
  * A VP part select is going to select a part from its input.
  */
-void synthsplit_functor::lpm_part_select(Design*, NetPartSelect*obj)
+void exposenodes_functor::lpm_part_select(Design*, NetPartSelect*obj)
 {
       if (obj->dir() != NetPartSelect::VP)
 	    return;
@@ -101,22 +107,22 @@ void synthsplit_functor::lpm_part_select(Design*, NetPartSelect*obj)
 /*
  * A substitute is going to select one or two parts from the wider input signal.
  */
-void synthsplit_functor::lpm_substitute(Design*, NetSubstitute*obj)
+void exposenodes_functor::lpm_substitute(Design*, NetSubstitute*obj)
 {
       if (expose_nexus(obj->pin(1).nexus()))
 	    count += 1;
 }
 
-void synthsplit(Design*des)
+void exposenodes(Design*des)
 {
-      synthsplit_functor synthsplit;
-      synthsplit.count = 0;
+      exposenodes_functor exposenodes;
+      exposenodes.count = 0;
       if (verbose_flag) {
 	    cout << " ... Look for intermediate nodes" << endl << flush;
       }
-      des->functor(&synthsplit);
+      des->functor(&exposenodes);
       if (verbose_flag) {
-	    cout << " ... Exposed " << synthsplit.count 
+	    cout << " ... Exposed " << exposenodes.count 
 		 << " intermediate signals." << endl << flush;
       }
 }
diff --git a/main.cc b/main.cc
index e12a4a219b..bd357aaf74 100644
--- a/main.cc
+++ b/main.cc
@@ -226,9 +226,9 @@ const bool CASE_SENSITIVE = true;
 bool synthesis = false;
 
 extern void cprop(Design*des);
+extern void exposenodes(Design*des);
 extern void synth(Design*des);
 extern void synth2(Design*des);
-extern void synthsplit(Design*des);
 extern void syn_rules(Design*des);
 extern void nodangle(Design*des);
 
@@ -237,12 +237,12 @@ static struct net_func_map {
       const char*name;
       void (*func)(Design*);
 } func_table[] = {
-      { "cprop",      &cprop },
-      { "nodangle",   &nodangle },
-      { "synth",      &synth },
-      { "synth2",     &synth2 },
-      { "synthsplit", &synthsplit },
-      { "syn-rules",  &syn_rules },
+      { "cprop",       &cprop },
+      { "exposenodes", &exposenodes },
+      { "nodangle",    &nodangle },
+      { "synth",       &synth },
+      { "synth2",      &synth2 },
+      { "syn-rules",   &syn_rules },
       { 0, 0 }
 };
 
diff --git a/tgt-vlog95/vlog95-s.conf b/tgt-vlog95/vlog95-s.conf
index bb501a4da1..0229840eed 100644
--- a/tgt-vlog95/vlog95-s.conf
+++ b/tgt-vlog95/vlog95-s.conf
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 functor:synth2
 functor:synth
 functor:syn-rules
-functor:synthsplit
 functor:nodangle
+functor:exposenodes
 flag:DLL=vlog95.tgt
 flag:DISABLE_CONCATZ_GENERATION=true