diff --git a/src/coreclr/debug/di/divalue.cpp b/src/coreclr/debug/di/divalue.cpp
index 1ed670661d5555..bdee72007b4411 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/debug/di/divalue.cpp
+++ b/src/coreclr/debug/di/divalue.cpp
@@ -1454,8 +1454,9 @@ void CordbReferenceValue::GetPointerData(CorElementType type, MemoryRange localV
         //                                           ---------------    |
 
         _ASSERTE(localValue.Size() == sizeof(void *));
-        void * pObjRef = CORDB_ADDRESS_TO_PTR(m_info.objRef);
+        void * pObjRef = NULL;
         localCopy(&pObjRef, localValue);
+        m_info.objRef = PTR_TO_CORDB_ADDRESS(pObjRef);
     }
     else
     {