diff --git a/src/eval.c b/src/eval.c
index 72f9324..a9d0c7d 100644
--- a/src/eval.c
+++ b/src/eval.c
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@
 
 	if (current_sctx.sc_version == SCRIPT_VERSION_VIM9 && *p == ':')
 	{
-	    scriptitem_T *si = &SCRIPT_ITEM(current_sctx.sc_sid);
+	    scriptitem_T *si = SCRIPT_ITEM(current_sctx.sc_sid);
 	    char_u	 *tp = skipwhite(p + 1);
 
 	    // parse the type after the name