diff --git a/src/lj_ffrecord.c b/src/lj_ffrecord.c
index fe78edc6..2a995357 100644
--- a/src/lj_ffrecord.c
+++ b/src/lj_ffrecord.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ static void recff_stitch(jit_State *J)
   TValue *base = L->base;
   const BCIns *pc = frame_pc(base-1);
   TValue *pframe = frame_prevl(base-1);
-  TRef trcont;
+  TRef trcont, selfrefptr;
 
   lua_assert(!LJ_FR2);  /* TODO_FR2: handle frame shift. */
   /* Move func + args up in Lua stack and insert continuation. */
@@ -118,14 +118,16 @@ static void recff_stitch(jit_State *J)
 
   /* Ditto for the IR. */
   memmove(&J->base[1], &J->base[-1], sizeof(TRef)*(J->maxslot+1));
+  J->selfref = lj_ir_k64_reserve(J);
 #if LJ_64
   trcont = lj_ir_kptr(J, (void *)((int64_t)cont-(int64_t)lj_vm_asm_begin));
+  selfrefptr = lj_ir_kptr(J, J->selfref);
 #else
   trcont = lj_ir_kptr(J, (void *)cont);
+  selfrefptr = lj_ir_kptr(J, &J->selfref->gcr);
 #endif
-  J->selfref = lj_ir_k64_reserve(J);
   J->base[0] = trcont | TREF_CONT;
-  J->base[-1] = emitir(IRT(IR_XLOAD, IRT_P64), lj_ir_kptr(J, J->selfref), 0);
+  J->base[-1] = emitir(IRT(IR_XLOAD, IRT_P64), selfrefptr, 0);
   J->base += 2;
   J->baseslot += 2;
   J->framedepth++;