diff --git a/src/mono/mono/mini/mini-llvm.c b/src/mono/mono/mini/mini-llvm.c
index c0b8cda575aec..13388e8913d84 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/mini/mini-llvm.c
+++ b/src/mono/mono/mini/mini-llvm.c
@@ -7712,7 +7712,7 @@ MONO_RESTORE_WARNING
 					addresses [ins->sreg1] = build_alloca_address (ctx, t);
 					g_assert (values [ins->sreg1]);
 				}
-				LLVMBuildStore (builder, convert (ctx, values [ins->sreg1], LLVMGetElementType (LLVMTypeOf (addresses [ins->sreg1]->value))), addresses [ins->sreg1]->value);
+				LLVMBuildStore (builder, convert (ctx, values [ins->sreg1], addresses [ins->sreg1]->type), addresses [ins->sreg1]->value);
 				addresses [ins->dreg] = addresses [ins->sreg1];
 			} else {
 				LLVMTypeRef etype = type_to_llvm_type (ctx, t);