diff --git a/src/object.c b/src/object.c
index 8eff02124040b6e74cd75aab4ca8bcce42b57662..4dc18f9a10fa9d5110d2d997c78fb990746a5393 100644
--- a/src/object.c
+++ b/src/object.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 ||| See the files COPYING and DISCLAIMER for more information.
 \*/
 #include "global.h"
-RCSID("$Id: object.c,v 1.24 1997/09/29 00:57:53 hubbe Exp $");
+RCSID("$Id: object.c,v 1.25 1997/09/29 01:40:15 hubbe Exp $");
 #include "object.h"
 #include "dynamic_buffer.h"
 #include "interpret.h"
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ void object_index_no_free(struct svalue *to,
   {
     push_svalue(index);
     apply_lfun(o,lfun,1);
-    *to=*sp;
+    *to=sp[-1];
     sp--;
   } else {
     object_index_no_free2(to,o,index);