diff --git a/src/battle_anim_mons.c b/src/battle_anim_mons.c
index 861c5f6ca5..e5a866999c 100644
--- a/src/battle_anim_mons.c
+++ b/src/battle_anim_mons.c
@@ -1743,7 +1743,7 @@ void PrepareAffineAnimInTaskData(struct Task *task, u8 spriteId, const union Aff
 
 bool8 RunAffineAnimFromTaskData(struct Task *task)
 {
-    gAnimTaskAffineAnim = LoadPointerFromVars(task->data[13], task->data[14]) + (task->data[7] << 3);
+    gAnimTaskAffineAnim = &((union AffineAnimCmd *)LoadPointerFromVars(task->data[13], task->data[14]))[task->data[7]];
     switch (gAnimTaskAffineAnim->type)
     {
     default: