diff --git a/compiler/dex/quick/gen_loadstore.cc b/compiler/dex/quick/gen_loadstore.cc
index 6469d9c..2dd7def 100644
--- a/compiler/dex/quick/gen_loadstore.cc
+++ b/compiler/dex/quick/gen_loadstore.cc
@@ -213,8 +213,13 @@
   ResetDefLoc(rl_dest);
   if (IsDirty(rl_dest.reg) && LiveOut(rl_dest.s_reg_low)) {
     def_start = last_lir_insn_;
-    ScopedMemRefType mem_ref_type(this, ResourceMask::kDalvikReg);
-    Store32Disp(TargetReg(kSp), SRegOffset(rl_dest.s_reg_low), rl_dest.reg);
+    if (rl_dest.ref) {
+      ScopedMemRefType mem_ref_type(this, ResourceMask::kHeapRef);
+      StoreRefDisp(TargetReg(kSp), SRegOffset(rl_dest.s_reg_low), rl_dest.reg);
+    } else {
+      ScopedMemRefType mem_ref_type(this, ResourceMask::kDalvikReg);
+      Store32Disp(TargetReg(kSp), SRegOffset(rl_dest.s_reg_low), rl_dest.reg);
+    }
     MarkClean(rl_dest);
     def_end = last_lir_insn_;
     if (!rl_dest.ref) {