diff --git a/src/rustc/middle/trans/base.rs b/src/rustc/middle/trans/base.rs
index 7f2c558862d..d9eabaafce2 100644
--- a/src/rustc/middle/trans/base.rs
+++ b/src/rustc/middle/trans/base.rs
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ fn make_visit_glue(bcx: block, v: ValueRef, t: ty::t) {
     assert bcx.ccx().tcx.intrinsic_ifaces.contains_key("ty_visitor");
     let (iid, ty) = bcx.ccx().tcx.intrinsic_ifaces.get("ty_visitor");
     let v = PointerCast(bcx, v, T_ptr(type_of::type_of(bcx.ccx(), ty)));
-    bcx = reflect::emit_calls_to_iface_visit_ty(bcx, t, Load(bcx, v), iid);
+    bcx = reflect::emit_calls_to_iface_visit_ty(bcx, t, v, iid);
     build_return(bcx);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/reflect-visit-type.rs b/src/test/run-pass/reflect-visit-type.rs
index b996cf860eb..4b92e518b2e 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/reflect-visit-type.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/reflect-visit-type.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
-// xfail-test
-//
-// This doesn't work quite yet. There's something wrong with the callback
-// type when dispatching through the visit_glue. Get a GEP crash on the
-// callee.
-
 enum my_visitor = @{ mut types: [str] };
 
 impl of intrinsic::ty_visitor for my_visitor {