diff --git a/compiler/optimizer/LocalAnalysis.cpp b/compiler/optimizer/LocalAnalysis.cpp
index 74ce9c52048..61b0d281cfb 100644
--- a/compiler/optimizer/LocalAnalysis.cpp
+++ b/compiler/optimizer/LocalAnalysis.cpp
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ int TR_LocalAnalysisInfo::hasOldExpressionOnRhs(TR::Node *node, bool recalcConta
 #endif
    bool seenWriteBarrier = false;
    int32_t storeNumChildren = node->getNumChildren();
-
+   bool isStoreIndirect = node->getOpCode().isStoreIndirect();
 
    // If node is a null check, compare the
    // null check reference only to establish syntactic equivalence
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ int TR_LocalAnalysisInfo::hasOldExpressionOnRhs(TR::Node *node, bool recalcConta
 #endif
 
          TR::Node::recreate(node, _compilation->il.opCodeForCorrespondingLoadOrStore(node->getOpCodeValue()));
-         if (node->getOpCode().isStoreIndirect())
+         if (isStoreIndirect)
             {
             node->setNumChildren(1);
             }
@@ -548,6 +548,7 @@ int TR_LocalAnalysisInfo::hasOldExpressionOnRhs(TR::Node *node, bool recalcConta
       int32_t hashValue = _hashTable->hash(node);
       HashTable::Cursor cursor(_hashTable, hashValue);
       TR::Node *other;
+      bool tmpIsStoreIndirect = false;
       for (other = cursor.firstNode(); other; other = cursor.nextNode())
          {
          // Convert other node's opcode to be a load temporarily
@@ -566,12 +567,13 @@ int TR_LocalAnalysisInfo::hasOldExpressionOnRhs(TR::Node *node, bool recalcConta
             if (other->getOpCode().isWrtBar())
                seenOtherWriteBarrier = true;
 
+            tmpIsStoreIndirect = other->getOpCode().isStoreIndirect();
 #ifdef J9_PROJECT_SPECIFIC
             seenOtherIndirectBCDStore = other->getType().isBCD();
 #endif
             TR::Node::recreate(other, _compilation->il.opCodeForCorrespondingLoadOrStore(other->getOpCodeValue()));
 
-            if (other->getOpCode().isStoreIndirect())
+            if (tmpIsStoreIndirect)
                {
                other->setNumChildren(1);
                }