diff --git a/src/lj_record.c b/src/lj_record.c
index a90cba77e0..112524d345 100644
--- a/src/lj_record.c
+++ b/src/lj_record.c
@@ -1812,8 +1812,7 @@ static void rec_varg(jit_State *J, BCReg dst, ptrdiff_t nresults)
       }
       for (i = nvararg; i < nresults; i++)
 	J->base[dst+i] = TREF_NIL;
-      if (dst + (BCReg)nresults > J->maxslot)
-	J->maxslot = dst + (BCReg)nresults;
+      J->maxslot = dst + (BCReg)nresults;
     } else if (select_detect(J)) {  /* y = select(x, ...) */
       TRef tridx = J->base[dst-1];
       TRef tr = TREF_NIL;
diff --git a/test/tarantool-tests/lj-1024-varg-maxslot.test.lua b/test/tarantool-tests/lj-1024-varg-maxslot.test.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..14270595ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tarantool-tests/lj-1024-varg-maxslot.test.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+local tap = require('tap')
+local test = tap.test('lj-noticket-varg-usedef'):skipcond({
+  ['Test requires JIT enabled'] = not jit.status(),
+})
+
+test:plan(1)
+
+jit.opt.start('hotloop=1')
+
+local counter = 0
+-- luacheck: ignore
+local anchor
+while counter < 3 do
+  counter = counter + 1
+  -- BC_VARG 5 1 0. `...` is nil (argument for the script).
+  -- luacheck: ignore
+  -- XXX: some condition to use several slots on the Lua stack.
+  anchor = 1 >= 1, ...
+end
+
+test:ok(true, 'BC_VARG recording 0th frame depth')
+
+os.exit(test:check() and 0 or 1)