diff --git a/sootup.java.bytecode/src/main/java/sootup/java/bytecode/frontend/Operand.java b/sootup.java.bytecode/src/main/java/sootup/java/bytecode/frontend/Operand.java
index 5f185ce9224..6411bc70c4b 100644
--- a/sootup.java.bytecode/src/main/java/sootup/java/bytecode/frontend/Operand.java
+++ b/sootup.java.bytecode/src/main/java/sootup/java/bytecode/frontend/Operand.java
@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@
  * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html>.
  * #L%
  */
-import java.util.stream.Collectors;
-import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
-import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+
 import org.objectweb.asm.tree.AbstractInsnNode;
 import sootup.core.jimple.Jimple;
 import sootup.core.jimple.basic.Immediate;
@@ -35,6 +33,10 @@
 import sootup.core.jimple.common.stmt.Stmt;
 import sootup.core.jimple.visitor.ReplaceUseStmtVisitor;
 
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
 /**
  * Stack operand.
  *
@@ -67,7 +69,7 @@ class Operand {
 
   Local getOrAssignValueToStackLocal() {
     if (stackLocal == null) {
-      changeStackLocal(methodSource.newStackLocal());
+      changeStackLocal(methodSource.newStackLocal().withType(value.getType()));
     }
 
     return stackLocal;