diff --git a/src/machine/system_calls.rs b/src/machine/system_calls.rs
index 7efcc2df..86d7944a 100644
--- a/src/machine/system_calls.rs
+++ b/src/machine/system_calls.rs
@@ -1693,9 +1693,12 @@ impl Machine {
                 }
             }
             _ => {
+                let h = self.machine_st.heap.len();
                 let call_form = functor!(atom!(":"), [cell(module_name), cell(self.machine_st.registers[2])]);
+                self.machine_st.heap.extend(call_form);
+
                 let stub = functor_stub(atom!("call"), narity + 1);
-                let err = self.machine_st.type_error(ValidType::Callable, call_form);
+                let err = self.machine_st.type_error(ValidType::Callable, str_loc_as_cell!(h));
                 return Err(self.machine_st.error_form(err, stub));
             }
         );