diff --git a/src/llvm-late-gc-lowering.cpp b/src/llvm-late-gc-lowering.cpp
index e85e181a6cf588..c9a7680b6cdb7a 100644
--- a/src/llvm-late-gc-lowering.cpp
+++ b/src/llvm-late-gc-lowering.cpp
@@ -1351,8 +1351,9 @@ State LateLowerGCFrame::LocalScan(Function &F) {
                 }
                 if (CI->hasStructRetAttr()) {
                     AllocaInst *SRet = dyn_cast<AllocaInst>((CI->arg_begin()[0])->stripInBoundsOffsets());
-                    if (SRet) {
-                        Type *ElT = SRet->getAllocatedType();
+                    assert(SRet);
+                    {
+                        Type *ElT = (CI->arg_begin()[0])->getType()->getPointerElementType();
                         if (!(SRet->isStaticAlloca() && isa<PointerType>(ElT) && ElT->getPointerAddressSpace() == AddressSpace::Tracked)) {
                             auto tracked = CountTrackedPointers(ElT);
                             if (tracked.count) {
diff --git a/test/compiler/codegen.jl b/test/compiler/codegen.jl
index 41e153e93544f1..254548bf6126cb 100644
--- a/test/compiler/codegen.jl
+++ b/test/compiler/codegen.jl
@@ -433,3 +433,14 @@ const c29864 = VecElement{Union{Int,Nothing}}(2)
 @noinline g29864() = VecElement{Union{Int,Nothing}}(3)
 @test f29864().value === 2
 @test g29864().value === 3
+
+# test sret pointing into a struct containing a tracked pointer
+# reduced from TerminalLoggers/ProgressLogging
+const _PROGRESS_LOGGING_UUID_NS_test = Base.UUID("1e962757-ea70-431a-b9f6-aadf988dcb7f")
+_asuuid_test(id) = Base.uuid5(_PROGRESS_LOGGING_UUID_NS_test, repr(id))
+@noinline _handle_progress_test(progress) = progress
+function _handle_message_test()
+    progress = (_asuuid_test(:id), "name")
+    return _handle_progress_test(progress)
+end
+@test _handle_message_test() isa Tuple{Base.UUID, String}