diff --git a/pkg/vm/interop.go b/pkg/vm/interop.go
index e59d4ac78..5ca9d7884 100644
--- a/pkg/vm/interop.go
+++ b/pkg/vm/interop.go
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ type InteropFunc func(vm *VM) error
 // runtimeLog will handle the syscall "Neo.Runtime.Log" for printing and logging stuff.
 func runtimeLog(vm *VM) error {
 	item := vm.Estack().Pop()
-	fmt.Printf("NEO-GO-VM (log) > %s\n", item.value.Value())
+	fmt.Printf("NEO-GO-VM (log) > %s\n", item.Value())
 	return nil
 }
 
 // runtimeNotify will handle the syscall "Neo.Runtime.Notify" for printing and logging stuff.
 func runtimeNotify(vm *VM) error {
 	item := vm.Estack().Pop()
-	fmt.Printf("NEO-GO-VM (notify) > %s\n", item.value.Value())
+	fmt.Printf("NEO-GO-VM (notify) > %s\n", item.Value())
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/vm/stack.go b/pkg/vm/stack.go
index 86f652166..c9ce195be 100644
--- a/pkg/vm/stack.go
+++ b/pkg/vm/stack.go
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ func (e *Element) Prev() *Element {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// Value returns value of the StackItem contained in the element.
+func (e *Element) Value() interface{} {
+	return e.value.Value()
+}
+
 // BigInt attempts to get the underlying value of the element as a big integer.
 // Will panic if the assertion failed which will be caught by the VM.
 func (e *Element) BigInt() *big.Int {
diff --git a/pkg/vm/vm.go b/pkg/vm/vm.go
index 7d534d667..371688b82 100644
--- a/pkg/vm/vm.go
+++ b/pkg/vm/vm.go
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ func (v *VM) Context() *Context {
 	if v.istack.Len() == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
-	return v.istack.Peek(0).value.Value().(*Context)
+	return v.istack.Peek(0).Value().(*Context)
 }
 
 // PopResult is used to pop the first item of the evaluation stack. This allows
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ func (v *VM) execute(ctx *Context, op Instruction) {
 		elem := v.estack.Pop()
 		// Cause there is no native (byte) item type here, hence we need to check
 		// the type of the item for array size operations.
-		switch t := elem.value.Value().(type) {
+		switch t := elem.Value().(type) {
 		case []StackItem:
 			v.estack.PushVal(len(t))
 		case map[interface{}]StackItem: