diff --git a/teavm-core/src/main/java/org/teavm/dependency/DependencyGraphBuilder.java b/teavm-core/src/main/java/org/teavm/dependency/DependencyGraphBuilder.java
index f38638316..6b3de2d65 100644
--- a/teavm-core/src/main/java/org/teavm/dependency/DependencyGraphBuilder.java
+++ b/teavm-core/src/main/java/org/teavm/dependency/DependencyGraphBuilder.java
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class DependencyGraphBuilder {
             if (tryCatch.getExceptionType() != null) {
                 exceptions[i] = dependencyChecker.getClassSource().get(tryCatch.getExceptionType());
             }
-            vars[i] = methodDep.getVariable(i);
+            vars[i] = methodDep.getVariable(tryCatch.getExceptionVariable().getIndex());
         }
         return new ExceptionConsumer(dependencyChecker, exceptions, vars, methodDep);
     }