diff --git a/src/vm/vector_functions.hpp b/src/vm/vector_functions.hpp
index 112dfe5..c8db3c2 100644
--- a/src/vm/vector_functions.hpp
+++ b/src/vm/vector_functions.hpp
@@ -1078,10 +1078,11 @@ template <unsigned VLEN, typename src_elem_t> void vid(uint8_t* V, uint64_t vl,
     return;
 }
 template <unsigned VLEN, typename src_elem_t> uint64_t scalar_move(uint8_t* V, vtype_t vtype, unsigned vd, uint64_t val, bool to_vector) {
-    auto vd_view = get_vreg<VLEN, src_elem_t>(V, vd, 1);
+    unsigned vlmax = VLEN * vtype.lmul() / vtype.sew();
+    auto vd_view = get_vreg<VLEN, src_elem_t>(V, vd, vlmax);
     if(to_vector) {
         vd_view[0] = val;
-        for(unsigned idx = 1; idx < VLEN / (vtype.sew() * RFS); idx++) {
+        for(unsigned idx = 1; idx < vlmax; idx++) {
             vd_view[idx] = vtype.vta() ? vd_view[idx] : vd_view[idx];
         }
     }