diff --git a/src/lj_record.c b/src/lj_record.c
index 7181b72ab4..5345fa6343 100644
--- a/src/lj_record.c
+++ b/src/lj_record.c
@@ -1869,7 +1869,7 @@ static void rec_varg(jit_State *J, BCReg dst, ptrdiff_t nresults)
 	J->maxslot = dst + (BCReg)nresults;
       }
     } else if (select_detect(J)) {  /* y = select(x, ...) */
-      TRef tridx = J->base[dst-1];
+      TRef tridx = getslot(J, dst-1);
       TRef tr = TREF_NIL;
       ptrdiff_t idx = lj_ffrecord_select_mode(J, tridx, &J->L->base[dst-1]);
       if (idx < 0) goto nyivarg;
diff --git a/test/tarantool-tests/fix-recording-bc-varg-used-in-select.test.lua b/test/tarantool-tests/fix-recording-bc-varg-used-in-select.test.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b3a62b5ce9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tarantool-tests/fix-recording-bc-varg-used-in-select.test.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+local tap = require('tap')
+
+-- Test file to demonstrate incorrect recording of `BC_VARG` that
+-- is given to the `select()` function. See also:
+-- https://www.freelists.org/post/luajit/Possible-issue-during-register-allocation-ra-alloc1.
+
+local test = tap.test('fix-recording-bc-varg-used-in-select'):skipcond({
+  ['Test requires JIT enabled'] = not jit.status(),
+})
+
+test:plan(1)
+
+-- XXX: Simplify `jit.dump` output.
+local modf = math.modf
+
+local EXPECTED = 'canary'
+local function test_func(...)
+  local first_varg_item
+  for _ = 1, 4 do
+    -- `modf()` is used to create a stitching with a meaningful
+    -- index value, that equals 1, i.e. refers to the first item
+    -- in `...`. The second trace started after stitching does not
+    -- contain the stack slot for the first argument of the
+    -- `select()`. Before the patch, there is no loading of
+    -- this slot for the trace and the 0 value is taken instead.
+    -- Hence, this leads to an incorrect recording of the
+    -- `BC_VARG` with detected `select()`.
+    first_varg_item = select(modf(1, 0), ...)
+  end
+  return first_varg_item
+end
+
+jit.opt.start('hotloop=1')
+test:is(test_func(EXPECTED), EXPECTED, 'correct BC_VARG recording')
+
+test:done(true)