diff --git a/platform/script-debugger/debugger-ui/src/org/jetbrains/debugger/VariableView.kt b/platform/script-debugger/debugger-ui/src/org/jetbrains/debugger/VariableView.kt
index e028d8d6ea88..2a94fd62e452 100644
--- a/platform/script-debugger/debugger-ui/src/org/jetbrains/debugger/VariableView.kt
+++ b/platform/script-debugger/debugger-ui/src/org/jetbrains/debugger/VariableView.kt
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class VariableView(name: String, private val variable: Variable, private val con
       evaluateContext.evaluate(variable.name)
         .done(node) {
           if (it.wasThrown) {
-            setEvaluatedValue(viewSupport.transformErrorOnGetUsedReferenceValue(value, null), null, node)
+            setEvaluatedValue(viewSupport.transformErrorOnGetUsedReferenceValue(it.value, null), null, node)
           }
           else {
             value = it.value