diff --git a/src/coreclr/jit/indirectcalltransformer.cpp b/src/coreclr/jit/indirectcalltransformer.cpp
index 9fbac3b55a46ee..f2149f62546b87 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/jit/indirectcalltransformer.cpp
+++ b/src/coreclr/jit/indirectcalltransformer.cpp
@@ -754,8 +754,21 @@ class IndirectCallTransformer
         //
         void SpillArgToTempBeforeGuard(CallArg* arg)
         {
-            unsigned   tmpNum    = compiler->lvaGrabTemp(true DEBUGARG("guarded devirt arg temp"));
-            GenTree*   store     = compiler->gtNewTempStore(tmpNum, arg->GetNode());
+            unsigned       tmpNum  = compiler->lvaGrabTemp(true DEBUGARG("guarded devirt arg temp"));
+            GenTree* const argNode = arg->GetNode();
+            GenTree*       store   = compiler->gtNewTempStore(tmpNum, argNode);
+
+            if (argNode->TypeIs(TYP_REF))
+            {
+                bool                 isExact   = false;
+                bool                 isNonNull = false;
+                CORINFO_CLASS_HANDLE cls       = compiler->gtGetClassHandle(argNode, &isExact, &isNonNull);
+                if (cls != NO_CLASS_HANDLE)
+                {
+                    compiler->lvaSetClass(tmpNum, cls, isExact);
+                }
+            }
+
             Statement* storeStmt = compiler->fgNewStmtFromTree(store, stmt->GetDebugInfo());
             compiler->fgInsertStmtAtEnd(checkBlock, storeStmt);