diff --git a/compiler/sigmatch.nim b/compiler/sigmatch.nim
index 511a44954f..8c8c83d0fb 100644
--- a/compiler/sigmatch.nim
+++ b/compiler/sigmatch.nim
@@ -1746,8 +1746,8 @@ proc matches*(c: PContext, n, nOrig: PNode, m: var TCandidate) =
       if formal.ast == nil:
         if formal.typ.kind == tyVarargs:
           var container = newNodeIT(nkBracket, n.info, arrayConstr(c, n.info))
-          addSon(m.call, implicitConv(nkHiddenStdConv, formal.typ,
-                                      container, m, c))
+          setSon(m.call, formal.position + 1,
+                 implicitConv(nkHiddenStdConv, formal.typ, container, m, c))
         else:
           # no default value
           m.state = csNoMatch
diff --git a/tests/overload/tissue4475.nim b/tests/overload/tissue4475.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..34618cac57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/overload/tissue4475.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Bug: https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/4475
+# Fix: https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/pull/4477
+
+proc test(x: varargs[string], y: int) = discard
+
+test(y = 1)