diff --git a/src/compiler/codegen/MethodBitcode.cc b/src/compiler/codegen/MethodBitcode.cc
index 31fc9cf..f4b8461 100644
--- a/src/compiler/codegen/MethodBitcode.cc
+++ b/src/compiler/codegen/MethodBitcode.cc
@@ -1796,7 +1796,10 @@
                                      cUnit->numDalvikRegisters, true,
                                      kAllocMisc);
     for (int i = 0; i < cUnit->numSSARegs; i++) {
-      canBeRef[SRegToVReg(cUnit, i)] |= cUnit->regLocation[i].ref;
+      int vReg = SRegToVReg(cUnit, i);
+      if (vReg > SSA_METHOD_BASEREG) {
+        canBeRef[SRegToVReg(cUnit, i)] |= cUnit->regLocation[i].ref;
+      }
     }
     for (int i = 0; i < cUnit->numDalvikRegisters; i++) {
       if (canBeRef[i]) {