From ae7c978e56b5ef1fea2dcf84b5a50d04b9b5aecf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam Perlin <adamp@nanosoft.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2026 14:53:35 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Normalize TYP_BYREF to TYP_INT in implicit casts even on x86

---
 src/coreclr/jit/importer.cpp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/coreclr/jit/importer.cpp b/src/coreclr/jit/importer.cpp
index 90396e6a294bc5..94e74e96019ac5 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/jit/importer.cpp
+++ b/src/coreclr/jit/importer.cpp
@@ -2427,12 +2427,12 @@ GenTree* Compiler::impImplicitIorI4Cast(GenTree* tree, var_types dstTyp, bool ze
             // Note that this allows TYP_INT to be cast to a TYP_I_IMPL when wantedType is a TYP_BYREF or TYP_REF
             tree = gtNewCastNode(TYP_I_IMPL, tree, zeroExtend, TYP_I_IMPL);
         }
+#endif // TARGET_64BIT
         else if ((wantedType == TYP_INT) && varTypeIsI(currType))
         {
             // Note that this allows TYP_BYREF or TYP_REF to be cast to a TYP_INT
             tree = gtNewCastNode(TYP_INT, tree, false, TYP_INT);
         }
-#endif // TARGET_64BIT
     }
 
     return tree;