diff --git a/compiler/jvm/njvmmem.pas b/compiler/jvm/njvmmem.pas
index e2f8440c4f..ebb64c4df7 100644
--- a/compiler/jvm/njvmmem.pas
+++ b/compiler/jvm/njvmmem.pas
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ implementation
           begin
            if (right.location.loc<>LOC_CONSTANT) then
              begin
-               psym:=search_struct_member(tenumdef(right.resultdef).classdef,'FPCORDINAL');
+               psym:=search_struct_member(tenumdef(right.resultdef).getbasedef.classdef,'FPCORDINAL');
                if not assigned(psym) or
                   (psym.typ<>procsym) or
                   (tprocsym(psym).ProcdefList.count<>1) then