diff --git a/compiler/ncgcnv.pas b/compiler/ncgcnv.pas
index 6517c465c3..73d93f5de0 100644
--- a/compiler/ncgcnv.pas
+++ b/compiler/ncgcnv.pas
@@ -526,12 +526,11 @@ interface
       exit;
 {$endif}
 {$endif}
-      tg.gethltemp(current_asmdata.currasmlist,methodpointertype,methodpointertype.size,tt_normal,r);
-      location_reset_ref(location,LOC_REFERENCE,def_cgsize(resultdef),0);
-      location.reference:=r;
-      cg.a_load_const_ref(current_asmdata.currasmlist,OS_ADDR,0,r);
-      inc(r.offset,sizeof(puint));
-      cg.a_load_const_ref(current_asmdata.currasmlist,OS_ADDR,0,r);
+      location_reset(location,LOC_REGISTER,def_cgsize(resultdef));
+      location.registerhi:=cg.getaddressregister(current_asmdata.currasmlist);
+      cg.a_load_const_reg(current_asmdata.currasmlist,OS_ADDR,0,location.registerhi);
+      location.register:=cg.getaddressregister(current_asmdata.currasmlist);
+      cg.a_load_const_reg(current_asmdata.currasmlist,OS_ADDR,0,location.register);
     end;
 
     procedure tcgtypeconvnode.second_bool_to_int;