diff --git a/src/lj_record.c b/src/lj_record.c
index 9e0f3501..20a7ea36 100644
--- a/src/lj_record.c
+++ b/src/lj_record.c
@@ -1570,7 +1570,7 @@ static void rec_varg(jit_State *J, BCReg dst, ptrdiff_t nresults)
 	J->maxslot = dst + (BCReg)nresults;
       }
     } else if (select_detect(J)) {  /* y = select(x, ...) */
-      TRef tridx = J->base[dst-1];
+      TRef tridx = getslot(J, dst-1);
       TRef tr = TREF_NIL;
       ptrdiff_t idx = lj_ffrecord_select_mode(J, tridx, &J->L->base[dst-1]);
       if (idx < 0) goto nyivarg;