diff --git a/src/coreclr/src/jit/emitxarch.cpp b/src/coreclr/src/jit/emitxarch.cpp
index f21b1170eb83cc..bf4eb04398e59a 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/src/jit/emitxarch.cpp
+++ b/src/coreclr/src/jit/emitxarch.cpp
@@ -3113,7 +3113,7 @@ void emitter::emitInsStoreInd(instruction ins, emitAttr attr, GenTreeStoreInd* m
         }
 
         // Updating variable liveness after instruction was emitted
-        codeGen->genUpdateLife(varNode);
+        codeGen->genUpdateLife(mem);
         return;
     }