diff --git a/graalpython/com.oracle.graal.python/src/com/oracle/graal/python/lib/PyObjectReprAsObjectNode.java b/graalpython/com.oracle.graal.python/src/com/oracle/graal/python/lib/PyObjectReprAsObjectNode.java
index 961e07ca9c..921379b2ae 100644
--- a/graalpython/com.oracle.graal.python/src/com/oracle/graal/python/lib/PyObjectReprAsObjectNode.java
+++ b/graalpython/com.oracle.graal.python/src/com/oracle/graal/python/lib/PyObjectReprAsObjectNode.java
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ static Object repr(VirtualFrame frame, Node inliningTarget, Object obj,
         if (checkNode.execute(inliningTarget, result)) {
             return result;
         } else {
-            throw raiseTypeError(inliningTarget, obj, raiseNode);
+            throw raiseTypeError(inliningTarget, result, raiseNode);
         }
     }