diff --git a/pkg/core/interop/contract/call.go b/pkg/core/interop/contract/call.go
index 52292f64b..f6f2f13ed 100644
--- a/pkg/core/interop/contract/call.go
+++ b/pkg/core/interop/contract/call.go
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ func callExFromNative(ic *interop.Context, caller util.Uint160, cs *state.Contra
 	ic.VM.Invocations[cs.Hash]++
 	ic.VM.LoadScriptWithCallingHash(caller, cs.NEF.Script, cs.Hash, ic.VM.Context().GetCallFlags()&f, hasReturn, uint16(len(args)))
 	ic.VM.Context().NEF = &cs.NEF
-	for i := len(args) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
-		ic.VM.Estack().PushItem(args[i])
+	for e, i := ic.VM.Estack(), len(args)-1; i >= 0; i-- {
+		e.PushItem(args[i])
 	}
 	// use Jump not Call here because context was loaded in LoadScript above.
 	ic.VM.Jump(ic.VM.Context(), md.Offset)