diff --git a/compiler/p/codegen/UnaryEvaluator.cpp b/compiler/p/codegen/UnaryEvaluator.cpp
index bcc31b43636..aee9e76e6aa 100644
--- a/compiler/p/codegen/UnaryEvaluator.cpp
+++ b/compiler/p/codegen/UnaryEvaluator.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2000, 2021 IBM Corp. and others
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 2022 IBM Corp. and others
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under
  * the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which accompanies this
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ TR::Register *OMR::Power::TreeEvaluator::s2iEvaluator(TR::Node *node, TR::CodeGe
    TR::Node *child  = node->getFirstChild();
    TR::Register *trgReg = cg->allocateRegister();
 
-   if (child->getOpCode().isLoad() && !child->getRegister() && child->getReferenceCount() == 1)
+   if (child->getOpCode().isLoadVar() && !child->getRegister() && child->getReferenceCount() == 1)
       {
       TR::LoadStoreHandler::generateLoadNodeSequence(cg, trgReg, child, TR::InstOpCode::lha, 2);
       }