diff --git a/src/lj_record.c b/src/lj_record.c
index 10a14a6f..c9933968 100644
--- a/src/lj_record.c
+++ b/src/lj_record.c
@@ -1556,8 +1556,7 @@ static void rec_varg(jit_State *J, BCReg dst, ptrdiff_t nresults)
       }
       for (i = nvararg; i < nresults; i++)
 	J->base[dst+i] = TREF_NIL;
-      if (dst + (BCReg)nresults > J->maxslot)
-	J->maxslot = dst + (BCReg)nresults;
+      J->maxslot = dst + (BCReg)nresults;
     } else if (select_detect(J)) {  /* y = select(x, ...) */
       TRef tridx = J->base[dst-1];
       TRef tr = TREF_NIL;