diff --git a/infer/src/checkers/uninit.ml b/infer/src/checkers/uninit.ml
index 8522941c5..0b45ae0d6 100644
--- a/infer/src/checkers/uninit.ml
+++ b/infer/src/checkers/uninit.ml
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ let get_locals cfg tenv pdesc =
       | Typ.Tarray {elt} ->
           AccessExpression.ArrayOffset (base_access_expr, elt, []) :: acc
       | Typ.Tptr _ ->
-          AccessExpression.Dereference base_access_expr :: acc
+          base_access_expr :: AccessExpression.Dereference base_access_expr :: acc
       | _ ->
           base_access_expr :: acc )
     ~init:[] (Procdesc.get_locals cfg)