diff --git a/base/compiler/ssair/ir.jl b/base/compiler/ssair/ir.jl
index 0f86945b15b88..5a5d98ac4539c 100644
--- a/base/compiler/ssair/ir.jl
+++ b/base/compiler/ssair/ir.jl
@@ -1244,7 +1244,6 @@ function process_node!(compact::IncrementalCompact, result_idx::Int, inst::Instr
             ssa_rename[idx] = stmt
         else
             result[result_idx][:inst] = stmt
-            result[result_idx][:type] = argextype(stmt, compact)
             result[result_idx][:flag] = flag
             result_idx += 1
         end
diff --git a/base/compiler/ssair/irinterp.jl b/base/compiler/ssair/irinterp.jl
index 717a4eec102c2..ab513d3fd18ec 100644
--- a/base/compiler/ssair/irinterp.jl
+++ b/base/compiler/ssair/irinterp.jl
@@ -253,6 +253,8 @@ function reprocess_instruction!(interp::AbstractInterpreter,
         rt = tmeet(typeinf_lattice(interp), argextype(inst.val, ir), widenconst(inst.typ))
     elseif inst === nothing
         return false
+    elseif isa(inst, GlobalRef)
+        # GlobalRef is not refinable
     else
         ccall(:jl_, Cvoid, (Any,), inst)
         error()