diff --git a/src/check_type.cpp b/src/check_type.cpp
index 21b9369b7..a6511ce22 100644
--- a/src/check_type.cpp
+++ b/src/check_type.cpp
@@ -3128,7 +3128,7 @@ gb_internal void check_matrix_type(CheckerContext *ctx, Type **type, Ast *node)
 	
 	if ((generic_row == nullptr && generic_column == nullptr) && row_count*column_count > MATRIX_ELEMENT_COUNT_MAX) {
 		i64 element_count = row_count*column_count;
-		error(column.expr, "Matrix types are limited to a maximum of %d elements, got %lld", MATRIX_ELEMENT_COUNT_MAX, cast(long long)element_count);
+		error(node, "Matrix types are limited to a maximum of %d elements, got %lld", MATRIX_ELEMENT_COUNT_MAX, cast(long long)element_count);
 	}