diff --git a/src/compiler/crystal/codegen/call.cr b/src/compiler/crystal/codegen/call.cr
index 98bdf834065c..0096c7c84376 100644
--- a/src/compiler/crystal/codegen/call.cr
+++ b/src/compiler/crystal/codegen/call.cr
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ class Crystal::CodeGenVisitor
 
     # Create self var if available
     if node_obj
-      new_vars["%self"] = LLVMVar.new(@last, node_obj.type, true)
+      new_vars["%self"] = LLVMVar.new(@last, node_obj.type.remove_indirection, true)
     end
 
     # Get type if of args and create arg vars