diff --git a/src/plugins/tracing/TracingPlugin.cc b/src/plugins/tracing/TracingPlugin.cc
index 9cc944da..8d8eb5f2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/tracing/TracingPlugin.cc
+++ b/src/plugins/tracing/TracingPlugin.cc
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ bool TracingPlugin::run()
 						Trace_Event_Extended_Registers *er = ext.add_registers();
 						er->set_id(ids[i]);
 						er->set_value(simulator.getCPU(0).getRegisterContent(regs[i]));
-						if (er->value() <= mm.getPoolSize() - width) {
+						if (er->value() <= mm.getPoolSize() - 4) {
 							uint32_t value_deref;
 							mm.getBytes(er->value(), 4, &value_deref);
 							er->set_value_deref(value_deref);